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Species Lytrosis unitaria - Common Lytrosis - Hodges#6720

Common Lytrosis - Hodges#6720 - Lytrosis unitaria - male

Common Lytrosis - Lytrosis unitaria - 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 Angeronini

Genus Lytrosis

Species unitaria (Common Lytrosis - Hodges#6720)

Hodges Number

6720

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Lytrosis unitaria (Herrich-Schäffer)

Orig. Comb: Boarmia unitaria Herrich-Schäffer 1854

Size

Forewing length 21 to 30 mm., females larger than males

Range

Eastern North America - Map (MPG)(1)

Food

Pin oak Quercus palustris, hawthorn Crataegus, sugar maple Acer saccharum

See Also

Lytrosis sinuosa - Wings are various shades of brown or yellowish brown with the median area being concolorous with the basal area of the wing. (2)

Print References

(3)

(2)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group - MPG (1)

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (4)

Works Cited

1.	North American Moth Photographers Group

2.	A revision of the moth genus Lytrosis (Lepidoptera, Geometridae) Frederick H. Rindge. 1971. American Museum Novitates, 2474: 1-21.

3.	Lytrosis (Hulst) of Louisiana Vernon Antoine Brou Jr. 2005. Southern Lepidopterists' News, 27:7.

4.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 12:32pm
Additional contributions by anitagould, Mike Quinn, Maury Heiman, Robert Lord Zimlich, Randy Hardy, metrioptera
Last updated 1 February, 2016 - 6:11am

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