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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Geometrid and Swallowtail Moths (Geometroidea) » Geometrid Moths (Geometridae) » Ennominae » Macariini » Rindgea » Rindgea ballandrata - Hodges#6416 (Rindgea ballandrata)

Species Rindgea ballandrata - Hodges#6416

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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 Macariini
Genus Rindgea
Species ballandrata (Rindgea ballandrata - Hodges#6416)
Hodges Number
6416
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Rindgea ballandrata (Wright, 1923)
Phasiane s - signata ballandrata Wright, 1923
Semiothisa ballandrata
Semiothisa melanderi Sperry, 1948
Explanation of Names
Named for Puerto Ballandra, Carmen Island, Mexico, where the first specimens were collected.
Numbers
One of 13 species in the genus found in North America north of Mexico.
Identification
Rindgea ballandrata usually has a small black bar which rests on top of the antemedial and the postmedial line as they approach the inner margin. This bar is absent in R. cyda. Ferguson (2008) stated ballandrata does not always have the thick bar area making genitalia examination necessary. (1)
Range
In Arizona the range is usually limited to the Baboquivari Mountains (Pima County) and Maricopa County area.
Also occurs in a limited area of Baja California (type localality) and Sonora.(1)
Remarks
The S-signata group consists of three very similar species. Please see notes on the range which is often helpful in determining the species.
Rindgea ballandrata
R. cyda
R. s-signata
See Also
Rindgea cyda which has a much wider range from Louisiana to Kansas to Nevada and south to southern California
Rindgea s-signata which is nearly identical but restricted to south Texas.
Print References
Ferguson, D. C. 2008. The Moths of North America, Fascicle 17.2, Geometroidea, Geometridae, Ennominae (part: Abaxini, Cassymini, Macariini). p.342-343, pl.8, fig.55-57 (1)
Wright, W. S. 1923. Expedition of the California Academy of Sciences to the Gulf of California in 1921. Proc. California Acad. Sci. 12(9): 115
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (2)
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (3)
Works Cited
1.The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 17.2, Geometroidea, Geometridae, Ennominae.
Douglas C. Ferguson . 2008. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
3.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 18 January, 2011 - 4:14pm
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy
Last updated 25 November, 2013 - 10:50am

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