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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 » Hydriomena » Hydriomena edenata - Hodges#7232 (Hydriomena edenata)

Species Hydriomena edenata - Hodges#7232

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Identification · Range · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

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Hydriomena edenata? - Hydriomena edenata

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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 Hydriomena

Species edenata (Hydriomena edenata - Hodges#7232)

Hodges Number

7232

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Hydriomena edenata Swett, 1909

Hydriomena edenata prasinata McDunnough, 1954

Hydriomena edenata baueri McDunnough, 1954

Hydriomena edenata grandis Barnes & McDunnough, 1917

Hydriomena edenata olivata Wright, 1916

Hydriomena edenata pallidata Wright, 1916

Hydriomena edenata indistincta McDunnough, 1952

Identification

H. edenata is one of the commonest species of early spring, varying not only in size but also in maculation and coloration.

Genitalia:

♂

A main characteristics is found in the forks of the uncus; these are separated by a deep, but rather variable, excavation and are bent inward and downward apically, terminating in a rather sharp point; vesica with a small, very faint cluster of thin cornuti.

Range

western (BC, CA, OR, WA) (1)

Print References

McDunnough, 1954: 263-269. (2)

Swett, L.W., 1909: 232. (3)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)

Works Cited

1.	North American Moth Photographers Group

2.	The Species of the Genus Hydriomena Occurring in America North of Mexico (Geometridae, Larentiinae). McDunnough, James H. 1954. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 104(3): 241-358.

3.	New Geometrids in the genus Hydriomena Swett, L.W. 1909. The Canadian Entomologist. 41(6): 229-233.

Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 8 May, 2006 - 8:30am
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Chuck Entz, JoAnneRusso, Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 10 March, 2024 - 7:48pm

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