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Species Spargania viridescens - Spargania viredescens - Hodges#7309

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Moth - Spargania viridescens Geometrid - Spargania viridescens Arizona Moth - Spargania viridescens Larva Day 10 - Spargania viridescens Spargania viridescens Arizona Moth - Spargania viridescens Spargania viridescens moth Otero County NM 7-15-2025 10:30 pm - Spargania viridescens Spargania viridescens or magnoliata - Spargania viridescens
Show images of: caterpillars · adults · both

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 Larentiinae
Tribe Hydriomenini
Genus Spargania
Species viridescens (Spargania viredescens - Hodges#7309)

Hodges Number

7309

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Spargania viridescens (Grossbeck, 1910)
Hydriomena viridescens Grossbeck, 1910

Numbers

Spargania has 5 species in America north of Mexico. (1)

Size

Wingspan 23-26 mm. (Grossbeck)

Identification

The original description as Hydriomena viridescens Grossbeck is available online in the print references below.

Determined by Noel McFarland.

Range

California(2) to Utah(3), Colorado and New Mexico. (4), (5), (1)
Moth Photographers Group - large map with some distribution data.

Season

Adults are most common from July to September. (1)

See Also

Compare on the pinned plates of Moth Photographers Group.

Print References

Grossbeck, J.A. 1910. New species and one new genus of Geometridae. Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 18(4): 201

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

Works Cited

1.North American Moth Photographers Group
2.Essig Museum of Entomology, California Moth Species List
3.Survey of Utah Moth Species
4.Moths of Southeast Arizona
5. Moths of Rocky Mountain National Park (USGS)
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 21 March, 2011 - 3:30pm
Additional contributions by tom murray
Last updated 6 October, 2019 - 6:34pm

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