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Species Grossbeckia semimaculata - Hodges#7283

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Moth - Grossbeckia semimaculata Grossbeckia semimaculata Grossbeckia semimaculata - Grossbeckia semimaculata Grossbeckia semimaculata - Grossbeckia semimaculata Grossbeckia semimaculata - male Grossbeckia semimaculata - female Larva Day 20 - Grossbeckia semimaculata Larva Day 43 - Grossbeckia semimaculata
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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 Grossbeckia
Species semimaculata (Grossbeckia semimaculata - Hodges#7283)

Hodges Number

7283

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Grossbeckia semimaculata Barnes & McDunnough(1), 1912

Numbers

Grossbeckia semimaculata is the only member of the genus in America north of Mexico. (2)

Size

Wingspan about 35 mm.

Range

Southern Arizona to western Texas. (3), (4)

Season

Adults are most common from June to November. (4)

See Also

Compare on the plates of Moth Photographers Group.

Print References

Barnes & McDunnough(1), 1912. New species and genera of North American Lepidoptera. The Canadian Entomologist, 44: 125.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group(4)
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (5)

Works Cited

1.James Halliday McDunnough (1877 -1962) A biographical obituary and bibliography
Douglas C. Ferguson . 1962. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 16(4): 209-228.
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 Southeast Arizona
4.North American Moth Photographers Group
5.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 9 November, 2009 - 10:14am
Additional contributions by Chuck Entz
Last updated 27 November, 2013 - 9:49pm

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