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Species Ixala desperaria - Hodges#6695

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Life Cycle · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
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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 Caberini
Genus Ixala
Species desperaria (Ixala desperaria - Hodges#6695)
Hodges Number
6695
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Ixala desperaria (Hulst, 1887)
Size
forewing 14-16 mm(1)
Identification
one round white spot near middle of hindwing(1)
Range
British Columbia to western South Dakota and south to Arizona and Colorado. (2), (3), (1)
Season
Adults fly from May to August. (1)
Food
Larvae from Arizona have been known to feed on Ceanothus fendleri.(1)
Life Cycle
Larvae have a brown and green. (polymorphic)
See Also
Compare on the pinned plates of Moth Photographers Group.
Print References
Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler 2009. Moths of Western North America, p. 213, pl. 29.7. (1)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)
Moths of Southeastern Arizona
Works Cited
1.Moths of Western North America
Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.
2.Survey of Utah Moth Species
3.Moths of Southeast Arizona
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 8 July, 2011 - 8:44am
Last updated 24 October, 2013 - 7:49am

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