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Genus Stamnoctenis

Stamnoctenis species - Stamnoctenis - male Stamnoctenis morrisata - Hodges #7356 - Stamnoctenis morrisata - male for Oregon June - Stamnoctenis pearsalli - male Stamnoctenis morrisata - male Stamnoctenis rubrosuffusa? - Stamnoctenis - male moth - Stamnoctenis - male Unknown Moth - Stamnoctenis Unknown Moth - Stamnoctenis pearsalli
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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 Stamnodini
Genus Stamnoctenis
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Often synonymized under Stamnodes.
Food
Larval host of S. morrisata is recorded as Juniperus, and this genus has been suggested as a suspected host for other species of Stamnoctenis.
Print References
Furniss, M.M. et al, 1988. Taxonomy, Life History, and Ecology of a Mountain-mahogany Defoliator, Stamnodes animata (Pearsail), in Nevada. USFWS, Fish and Wildlife Research 3 [University of Idaho Agriculture Experiment Station Research Paper 8673]