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Species Vinemina opacaria - Hodges#6635

Arizona Moth for ID - Vinemina opacaria - 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 Melanolophiini

Genus Vinemina

Species opacaria (Vinemina opacaria - Hodges#6635)

Hodges Number

6635

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Vinemina opacaria (Hulst, 1881)

Cidaria opacaria Hulst, 1881

Cleoro opacaria (Hulst, 1881)

Vinemina opacaria nigaria Cassino, 1928 (95)

Hydriomena delfini Beutelspacher, 1984

Size

Forewing length 13-18 mm. (1)

Identification

Adult - see Rindge's description. (2)

Range

Utah and Colorado south to Arizona, New Mexico, and western Texas. (1)

Season

A single flight from end of April through August. (1)

Print References

Hulst, G.D., 1881. Descriptions of some new species of Geometridae. Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society 4(4): 27

Peterson, A., 1968. Eggs of Moths from Additional Species of Geometridae: Lepidoptera. The Florida Entomologist 51(2): p.91, f.33 (download)

Rindge, F.H., 1964. A revision of the genera Anavinemina and Vinemina (Lepidoptera, Geometridae). American Museum Novitates 2172: 1-40(3)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

Moths of southeastern Arizona

Barcode of Life (BOLD)

Works Cited

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

2.	A revision of the Melanolophiini (Lepidoptera, Geometridae). Frederick H. Rindge. 1990. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 199.

3.	A revision of the genera Anavinemina and Vinemina (Lepidoptera, Geometridae). Frederick H. Rindge. 1964. American Museum Novitates 2172: 1-40.

Contributed by Randy Hardy on 25 February, 2011 - 4:48pm
Additional contributions by Steve Morris
Last updated 13 September, 2022 - 12:18pm

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