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Species Digrammia cinereola - Hodges#6363.2

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Digrammia cinereola - Hodges #6363.2 - Digrammia cinereola Digrammia cinereola from Juniperus osteosperma (Cupressaceae). - Digrammia cinereola Digrammia cinereola from Juniperus osteosperma (Cupressaceae) - Digrammia cinereola Digrammia cinereola from Juniperus osteosperma (Cupressaceae) - Digrammia cinereola Digrammia cinereola from Juniperus osteosperma (Cupressaceae) - Digrammia cinereola Possible - Digrammia cinereola Digrammia cinereola septemberata - Digrammia cinereola Digrammia cinereola
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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 Macariini
Genus Digrammia
Species cinereola (Digrammia cinereola - Hodges#6363.2)

Hodges Number

6363.2

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Digrammia cinereola (Hulst, 1896)
Diastictis cinereola Hulst, 1896 (1)
syn. Semiothisa excurvata (Packard, 1874)

Numbers

There are more than 49 species of the genus Digrammia in America north of Mexico. (2)
Digrammia cinereola septemberata (southern Arizona and southern New Mexico.)
Digrammia cinereola cinereola

Size

Ferguson (2008) listed the forewing length of both sexes as 13-16 mm. (3)

Identification

Chuck Harp confirmed id.

Range

Western Texas, New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, Nevada, California

Food

Ferguson (2008) listed several species of Juniperus. (3)
Juniperus monosperma
J. pinchotii
J. deppeana

See Also

Several other Digrammia sp. are very similar.

Print References

Ferguson, D.C., 2008. The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 17.2. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation, p. 272; pl. 7.8-11.(3)
Hulst, G.D., 1896. Classification of the Geometrina of North America, with descriptions of new genera and species. Transactions of the America Entomological Society, 23 : 335. (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (2)
Barcode of Life (BOLD)

Works Cited

1.Classification of the Geometrina of North America, with descriptions of new genera and species
George D. Hulst. 1896. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 23: 245-386.
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
3.The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 17.2, Geometroidea, Geometridae, Ennominae.
Douglas C. Ferguson . 2008. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 24 May, 2010 - 6:14pm
Additional contributions by Steve Morris
Last updated 23 May, 2022 - 4:21pm

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