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Species Xanthotype attenuaria - Attentive Crocus Soldier Moth - Hodges#6744

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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 Ennominae
Tribe Angeronini
Genus Xanthotype
Species attenuaria (Attentive Crocus Soldier Moth - Hodges#6744 )

Hodges Number

6744

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Xanthotype attenuaria Swett, 1918

Identification

Specimen identified by DNA analysis (BOLD). (1)

Print References

Rindge, F.H. 1978. A revision of the moth genus Xanthotype (Lepidoptera, Geometridae). American Museum Novitates 2659. p. 20; figs. 13, 18, 31, 40-43. (2)
Swett, L.W. 1918. Xanthotype crocataria Fabricius, with descriptions of new species. The Lepidopterist 2(9-10): 79; pl. 7, fg. 7-9.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (3)
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (1)

Works Cited

1.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
2.A revision of the moth genus Xanthotype (Lepidoptera, Geometridae)
Frederick H. Rindge. 1978. American Museum Novitates 2659: 1-24.
3.North American Moth Photographers Group
Contributed by tom murray on 26 September, 2009 - 10:11pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Maury Heiman, dennepj10, JoAnneRusso
Last updated 23 May, 2021 - 10:46am

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