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Species Ceranemota fasciata - Hodges#6243

Ceranemota fasciata? - Ceranemota fasciata

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Drepanoidea (Hooktip and False Owlet Moths)

Family Drepanidae (Hooktip and False Owlet Moths)

Subfamily Thyatirinae (False Owlet Moths)

Tribe Ceranemotini

Genus Ceranemota

Species fasciata (Ceranemota fasciata - Hodges#6243)

Hodges Number

6243

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Ceranemota fasciata (Barnes & McDunnough, 1910)

Bombycia fasciata Barnes & McDunnough, 1910 (1)

Numbers

Ceranemota includes at least seven species in America north of Mexico. (2)

Size

Wingspan 18-20 mm. (3)

Forewing length 16-20 mm. (4)

Range

British Columbia to northern California. (3), (5)

coastal southern Alaska

Habitat

Wet coastal forests. (3)

Season

Adults are most common from July to November. (3), (6)

Food

larval host include

Amelanchier alnifolia (serviceberry)

Prunus ilicifolia (hollyleaf cherry)

Prunus virginiana (chokecherry)

Print References

Barnes & McDunnough 1910. New species and varieties of North American Lepidoptera. Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 18: 160. (1)

Clarke, J.F.G. & F.H. Benjamin 1938. A study of some North American moths allied to the Thyatirid genus Bombycia Hubner. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences, 37(2): 59. (7)

Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler 2009. Moths of Western North America. University of California Press, plate 27, fig. 10; p. 202. (3)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (6)

Pacific Northwest Moths (4)

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (8)

Works Cited

1.	New species and varieties of North American Lepidoptera Part 1 & 2 W. Barnes, J. B. McDunnough. 1910. The Canadian Entomologist 42(7): 208-213, 246-252.

2.	Check list of the Lepidoptera of America north of Mexico. Hodges, et al. (editors). 1983. E. W. Classey, London. 284 pp.

3.	Moths of Western North America Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.

4.	Pacific Northwest Moths

5.	Essig Museum of Entomology, California Moth Species List

6.	North American Moth Photographers Group

7.	A study of some North American moths allied to the Thyatirid genus Bombycia (Hubner) J. F. Gates Clarke, Foster H. Benjamin. 1938. Bulletin of The Southern California Academy of Sciences 37: 55-77.

8.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Sean McCann on 2 October, 2009 - 1:03pm
Additional contributions by Maury Heiman
Last updated 3 December, 2013 - 3:21pm

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