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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Geometrid and Swallowtail Moths (Geometroidea) » Geometrid Moths (Geometridae) » Larentiinae » Hydriomenini » Ersephila » Ersephila grandipennis - Hodges#7280 (Ersephila grandipennis)

Species Ersephila grandipennis - Hodges#7280

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Geometroidea (Geometrid and Swallowtail Moths)
Family Geometridae (Geometrid Moths)
Subfamily Larentiinae
Tribe Hydriomenini
Genus Ersephila
Species grandipennis (Ersephila grandipennis - Hodges#7280)
Hodges Number
7280
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Ersephila grandipennis Hulst, 1896 (1)
Explanation of Names
Specific epithet grandipennis is Latin meaning "large wing."
Size
Wingspan is 42-52 mm. (1)
Identification
Hulst (1896) original description is available in PDF and online in the print references. (1)
Range
Scattered records from California to Washington, east to at least Texas and Colorado. (2), (3), (4)
Moth Photographers Group - large map with some distribution data.
Season
Scattered records from February to October. (3)
Food
Unknown.
See Also
Ersephila indistincta
Compare on the pinned plates of Moth Photographers Group.
Print References
Barnes, W. & J.H. McDunnough 1911. Illustrations of rare and typical Lepidoptera. Contributions to the Natural History of the Lepidoptera of North America. 1(4): pl. 15.
Hulst, G.D. 1896. A classification of the Geometrina of North America, with descriptions of new genera and species. Transactions of the American Entomological Society. 23: 291. (1)
Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler 2009. Moths of Western North America. University of California Press. pl. 32, fig. 4; p. 225. (5)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (3)
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (6)
Works Cited
1.Classification of the Geometrina of North America, with descriptions of new genera and species
George D. Hulst. 1896. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 23: 245-386.
2.Essig Museum of Entomology, California Moth Species List
3.North American Moth Photographers Group
4.Moths of Southeast Arizona
5.Moths of Western North America
Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.
6.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 23 September, 2009 - 9:03am
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy
Last updated 9 July, 2014 - 5:13pm

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