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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Geometrid and Swallowtail Moths (Geometroidea) » Geometrid Moths (Geometridae) » Larentiinae » Hydriomenini » Monostoecha » Monostoecha semipectinata - Hodges#7289 (Monostoecha semipectinata)

Species Monostoecha semipectinata - Hodges#7289

Classification · Hodges Number · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Food · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Geometrid - Monostoecha semipectinata - male Geometrid - Monostoecha semipectinata - male Monostoecha semipectinata larva - Monostoecha semipectinata Monostoecha semipectinata - female Monostoecha semipectinata - male Monostoecha semipectinata - male Monostoecha semipectinata? - Monostoecha semipectinata Monostoecha semipectinata? - Monostoecha semipectinata - 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 Larentiinae
Tribe Hydriomenini
Genus Monostoecha
Species semipectinata (Monostoecha semipectinata - Hodges#7289)
Hodges Number
7289
Explanation of Names
Monostoecha semipectinata (Hulst, 1898)
Monotaxis semipectinata Hulst, 1898 (1)
Size
Hulst (1898) listed a wingspan of 35-40 mm. (1)
Identification
Specimen identified by DNA analysis:
Food
BugGuide record on Wright's silktassel (Garrya wrightii). (2)
See Also
Archirhoe indefinata


Triphosa bipectinata
Print References
Hulst, G.D. 1898. Descriptions of new species and genera of the Geometrina of North America. The Canadian Entomologist 30(5): 120. (1)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (3)
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (4)
Moths of Southeastern Arizona (5)
Works Cited
1.Descriptions of new genera and species of the Geometrina of North America
George D. Hulst. 1898. The Canadian Entomologist 30(6-8): 158-164.
2.Monostoecha semipectinata larva
3.North American Moth Photographers Group
4.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
5.Moths of Southeast Arizona
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 21 March, 2011 - 9:02pm
Additional contributions by Maury Heiman, Randy Hardy, Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 31 January, 2018 - 7:05pm

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