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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Geometrid and Swallowtail Moths (Geometroidea) » Geometrid Moths (Geometridae) » Ennominae » Boarmiini » Anavitrinella » Gulf Coast Gray - Hodges#6591 (Anavitrinella atristrigaria)

Species Anavitrinella atristrigaria - Gulf Coast Gray - Hodges#6591

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Moth - Anavitrinella atristrigaria - male Anavitrinella atristrigaria - female Anavitrinella atristrigaria - Hodges # 6591 - Anavitrinella atristrigaria - female Moth - Anavitrinella atristrigaria - male Stenoporpia sp. - Anavitrinella atristrigaria - male Anavitrinella atristrigaria? - Anavitrinella atristrigaria - male Iridopsis dataria? (2) - Anavitrinella atristrigaria - female Gulf Coast Gray? - Anavitrinella atristrigaria - male
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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 Boarmiini
Genus Anavitrinella
Species atristrigaria (Gulf Coast Gray - Hodges#6591)
Hodges Number
6591
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Anavitrinella atristrigaria (Barnes & McDunnough, 1913)
Orig. Comb: Cleora atristrigaria Barnes & McDunnough, 1913
Syn: Stenalcidia atristrigaria (Barnes & McDunnough)
Misspelled as "Anavitrinelia" in the Hodges et al 1983 MONA checklist, but corrected in the Parsons et al 1999 checklist.
* phylogenetic sequence # 194950
Explanation of Names
From Latin ater- "black + New Latin (zoological usage) striga- "transverse band" (?from Classical Latin striga- "A furrow drawn lengthwise of the field")
Numbers
Four Anavitrinella species are found in America north of Mexico.
Moth Photographer Group species index
Size
Wingspan 24-28 mm.
Identification
Thick black line that crosses both forewings is a good fieldmark, and the reddish shading is distictive (Barnes & McDunnough 1913).
Range
Arizona to Texas north to Colorado and Kansas.
Moth Photographers Group - large range map with collection dates.
Season
Adults usually fly March to July and have a second flight during September to October.
Arizona flight can begin in February.
See Also
Anavitrinella pampinaria which has less bold transverse lines.


Moth Photographers Group - related species for comparison.
Print References
Contributions to the natural history of the Lepidoptera of North America, v.2, p.130 - Barnes & McDunnough's original description
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group - range map, photos of living and pinned adults.
Barcode of Life Data Systems - collection map and photos of pinned adults.
Contributed by Beatriz Moisset on 6 June, 2010 - 7:24am
Additional contributions by Chuck Entz, Mike Quinn, Maury Heiman, Robert Lord Zimlich, Chuck Sexton, Randy Hardy
Last updated 10 June, 2019 - 12:00pm

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