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Species Phaeoura kirkwoodi - Hodges#6765

Phaeoura kirkwoodi? - Phaeoura kirkwoodi - male moth - Phaeoura kirkwoodi - 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
Species kirkwoodi (Phaeoura kirkwoodi - Hodges#6765)
Hodges Number
6765
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Phaeoura kirkwoodi (Rindge, 1961)
Size
male forewing 20-23 mm; female forewing 28-29 mm (1)
Identification
Cross lines of forewing are thicker and closer together than other Phaeoura species. Sexually dimorphic with females showing considerably more contrast. Prominent subterminal band on hindwings. (1)
Range
Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado (1)
Season
June to August (1)
Print References
Rindge, 1961. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 123: pg. 115; plate 19, fig 11; plate 20, fig 1.
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group
moths of Southeastern Arizona
Works Cited
1.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 Maury J. Heiman on 2 March, 2011 - 12:18pm
Additional contributions by Steve Morris
Last updated 25 January, 2023 - 10:37am

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