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Species Ceranemota fasciata - Hodges#6243

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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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