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Species Lambdina laeta - Hodges#6891

Representative Images

Geometrid - Lambdina laeta - female Lambdina laeta - Lambdina laeta Lambdina laeta - female Lambdina laeta - female Lambdina laeta - female Larva Day 15 - Lambdina laeta Larva Day 33 - 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 flavilinearia (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.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (2)
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (3)
Moths of Southeastern Arizona (4)

Works Cited

1.Some American geometrid moths of the subfamily Ennominae heretofore associated with or closely related to Ellopia (Treitschke)
Hahn W. Capps. 1943. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 93(3159): 115-151.
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
3.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
4.Moths of Southeast Arizona
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 25 August, 2010 - 12:11am
Additional contributions by Steve Morris
Last updated 12 October, 2025 - 12:27pm

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