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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 » Grossbeckia » Grossbeckia semimaculata - Hodges#7283 (Grossbeckia semimaculata)

Species Grossbeckia semimaculata - Hodges#7283

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Range · Season · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Moth - Grossbeckia semimaculata Grossbeckia semimaculata Grossbeckia semimaculata - Grossbeckia semimaculata Grossbeckia semimaculata - male Grossbeckia semimaculata - female Grossbeckia semimaculata - female Larva Day 43 - Grossbeckia semimaculata Larva Day 55 - 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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