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Species Lambdina laeta - Hodges#6891

Geometrid - Lambdina laeta - female Lambdina laeta - female Lambdina laeta - female Lambdina laeta - female Larva Day 15 - Lambdina laeta Larva Day 23 - Lambdina laeta Larva Day 53 - Lambdina laeta Arizona Moth for ID - Lambdina laeta - female
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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 Ourapterygini
Genus Lambdina
Species laeta (Lambdina laeta - Hodges#6891)
Hodges Number
6891
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Lambdina laeta (Hulst 1900) (1)
Therina laeta Hulst 1900 (1), (107)
Ellopia laeta (Hulst 1916)
Ellopia flavilincaria (Barnes, 1913)
Numbers
There are nine named species of Lambdina in America north of Mexico. (2)
Size
Wingspan 27-32 mm. (2)
Hulst (1900) listed a wingspan of 27 mm.
Identification
Specimen identified by DNA (BOLD) (3)
Range
Arizona, New Mexico into Mexico.
Moth Photographers Group - large map with some distribution data.
Season
Records of adults are mostly from May to November. (2)
See Also
Compare to related species on the pinned plates of Moth Photographers Group.
Print References
Hulst, G.D., 1900. Some new species of Geometridae. The Canadian Entomologist, 32: 107.