Genus Phaeoura

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Identification · Range · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Phaeoura mexicanaria - Hodges#6766 (Phaeoura mexicanaria) ? - Phaeoura - male

Phaeoura quernaria? - Phaeoura quernaria - 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 Nacophorini

Genus Phaeoura

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Phaeoura Hulst, 1896; redescription Rindge (1983) Bull. AMNH 175: 172[(1)

Nacophora (Hulst, 1896) synonymized with Phaeoura in Rindge, 1983(1)

Numbers

There are nine named species of Phaeoura in America north of Mexico.(2)(3)

Identification

Adults - unicolorous brown or brownish black, rarely black (melanistic form) or with basal and outer areas white (females of some species), with median area of forewing tending to be darker than adjacent areas, the females being larger than the males, the male antennae bipectinate (1)

Range

eight of the nine species are western North America(2)

Print References

Powell, J. A. & P. A. Opler, Moths of Western North America. p.214.(2)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group - photographs of pinned adults representing all nine North American species

Works Cited

1.	A revision of the New World Nacophorini (Lepidoptera, Geometridae) Frederick H. Rindge. 1983. Bulletin of the AMNH 175(2).

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

3.	A revision of the Nacophorini (Lepidoptera, Geometridae) Frederick H. Rindge. 1961. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History; v.123, article 2.

Contributed by Cotinis on 30 June, 2004 - 9:52pm
Additional contributions by Maury Heiman, Randy Hardy, Steve Morris
Last updated 24 January, 2023 - 2:36pm

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