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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 » Eulithis » Eulithis xylina - Hodges#7207 (Eulithis xylina)

Species Eulithis xylina - Hodges#7207

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Range · Season · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

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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 Eulithis

Species xylina (Eulithis xylina - Hodges#7207)

Hodges Number

7207

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Eulithis xylina (Hulst, 1896)

Neolexia xylina (Hulst, 1896)

Numbers

one of twenty-seven species in the genus for North America north of Mexico.(1)

Size

forewing length 15-18 mm.(1)

Range

Alaska south to central California to northern New Mexico and north to western Alberta.(1)

Season

Adults fly July to September. (1)

See Also

As of 12/2/2015, the BOLD page for this species contains two BIN clusters which in turn contain specimens identified as others species. These species may not be separable without DNA or dissection:

BOLD:AAA2493: E. serrataria, E. xylina, E. explanata, Antepirrhoe semiatrata - This BIN appears to be of E. xylina. Examples of E. explanata and Antepirrhoe semiatrata appear to be misidentification. Examples of E. serrataria are grouped together in their own branch of the taxon tree.

BOLD:AAA1505: E. xylina, E. destinata, E. flavibrunneata - This BIN appears to be of E. destinata and other species in this BIN may be misidentified.

Print References

Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler 2009. Moths of Western North America. University of California Press. p. 223; plate 31, fig. 38.(1)

Hulst, 1896. A Classification of the Geometrina of North America, with descriptions of new genera and species. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 28: 278

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (2)

E.H. Strickland Museum

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (3)

Works Cited

1.	Moths of Western North America Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.

2.	North American Moth Photographers Group

3.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Chuck Entz on 18 February, 2006 - 2:47pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, anitagould, Maury Heiman
Last updated 2 December, 2015 - 4:28am

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