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Species Galenara lixaria - Hodges#6630

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Geometrid - Galenara lixaria - female Galenara lixaria - female Arizona Moth - Galenara lixaria Arizona Moth - Galenara lixaria Unidentified Moth - Galenara lixaria Galenara lixaria Galenara lixaria
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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 Melanolophiini
Genus Galenara
Species lixaria (Galenara lixaria - Hodges#6630)

Hodges Number

6630

Explanation of Names

Galenara lixaria (Grote (1), 1883)

Size

Rindge (1964) reported the forewing length. (2)
♂ 17 - 21 mm.
♀ 18 -24 mm.

Identification

Rindge (1964) description in PDF. (2)

Range

Rindge (1964) reported specimens from New Mexico and Arizona. (2)

Season

Rindge (1964) reported a flight period of May through September. There are two broods peaking in June and September. (2)

See Also

Rindge (1964) stated "This species is very similar in maculation to lallata. It can be distinguished from that species by the outward bend of the t. a. line on the anal vein, by the sharp angle in both the median and t. p. lines at the cell, and by the brown scaling in the subterminal area." (2)

Print References

Rindge, F.H., 1964. A revision of the genera Carphoides, Paraphoides, and Galenara (Lepidoptera, Geometridae). American Museum Novitates 2189, p. 44; figs. 22, 24, 29. (2)

Internet References

Species page at Moth Photographers Group (3)
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (4)

Works Cited

1.Augustus Radcliffe Grote, Lepidopterist (1841-1903)
2.A revision of the genera Carphoides, Paraphoides, and Galenara (Lepidoptera, Geometridae)
Frederick H. Rindge. 1964. American Museum Novitates, 2189: 1-53.
3.North American Moth Photographers Group
4.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 31 December, 2009 - 3:06pm
Additional contributions by Maury Heiman, Randy Hardy
Last updated 30 April, 2014 - 8:29pm

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