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Species Perizoma grandis - Hodges#7317

Perizoma grandis 1195 Perizoma grandis - Perizoma Carpet Moth 7317 - Perizoma grandis - female Perizoma Carpet - Perizoma grandis Geometrid Moth - Perizoma grandis Moth-Eulithis? - Perizoma grandis 1794 Perizoma grandis - Perizoma Carpet Moth 7317 - Perizoma grandis Moth - Perizoma grandis Perizoma grandis? - Perizoma grandis
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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 Perizoma
Species grandis (Perizoma grandis - Hodges#7317)
Hodges Number
7317
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Perizoma grandis (Hulst, 1896)
Hydriomena saanichata Swett, 1915
Hydriomena saawichata Swett, 1915
Eucymatoge grandis Hulst, 1896
Phylogenetic Sequence # 910160
Size
wingspan about 24 mm, based on Moth Photographers Group specimen
Identification
Specimens identified by DNA analysis:
Range
across Canada, south to California in the west and Maine in the east (1)(2)(3)
Season
Moths fly in midsummer
See Also
Square-patched Carpet - Perizoma basaliata