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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Geometrid and Swallowtail Moths (Geometroidea) » Geometrid Moths (Geometridae) » Emeralds (Geometrinae) » Nemoriini » Nemoria » Nemoria glaucomarginaria - Hodges#7049 (Nemoria glaucomarginaria)

Species Nemoria glaucomarginaria - Hodges#7049

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Life Cycle · Remarks · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Moth - Nemoria glaucomarginaria Moth - Nemoria glaucomarginaria - female 7049 - Nemoria glaucomarginaria Nemoria glaucomarginaria - male Nemoria glaucomarginaria - male Nemoria glaucomarginaria Nemoria glaucomarginaria Nemoria glaucomarginaria
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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 Geometrinae (Emeralds)
Tribe Nemoriini
Genus Nemoria
Species glaucomarginaria (Nemoria glaucomarginaria - Hodges#7049)
Hodges Number
7049
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Nemoria glaucomarginaria (Barnes & McDunnough, 1917)
Racheospila glaucomarginaria Barnes & McDunnough, 1917
Phylogenetic Sequence # 910630
Size
Ferguson (1985) reported the forewing length. (1)
♂ 15-18 mm.
♀ 13.5-18.5 mm.
Identification
The adults have a cream colored dorsal abdominal spots surrounded by faded brick-red. (1)
Specimen identified by DNA analysis:


Larvae - a greenleaf manzanita inflorescence mimic (see photo link below)
Range
British Columbia to southern California.
Holotype from Laguna Beach, California. (1)
Life Cycle
Porter (1986) description of the larvae and life history is online in PDF. (2)
Remarks
Insects and Related Arthropods Associated with Greenleaf Manzanita in Montane Chaparral Communities of Northeastern California - Photo of caterpillar (page 19, fig. 19), a PDF download
See Also
Ferguson (1985) stated the species is most often confused with Nemoria darwiniata which has smaller white dorsal abdominal spots surrounded by bright pinkish red. (1)
Print References
Barnes, W. & J.H., McDunnough, 1917. New species and varieties of Geometridae. Contributions to the Natural History of the Lepidoptera of North America 3(4): 224.
Ferguson, D.C., 1985. The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 18.1. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation, p. 67; pl. 3, figs. 30-32. (1)
Porter, A.H., 1986. Life history of Nemoria glaucomarginaria (Barnes & McDunnough) and larvarl taxonomy of the tribe Nemoriini. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 40(4): 304-314. (2)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (3)
Friends' Central School Lepidoptera Research
Friends' Central School Lepidoptera Research larva photos
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (4)
Works Cited
1.The Moths of America North of Mexico Fascicle 18.1. Geometroidea, Geometridae (Part), Geometrinae
Douglas C. Ferguson . 1985. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.
2.Life history of Nemoria glaucomarginaria (Barnes & McDunnough) and larval taxonomy of the tribe Nemoriini.....
Adam H. Porter. 1986. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 40(4) 304-314.
3.North American Moth Photographers Group
4.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by john and jane balaban on 10 June, 2006 - 8:31pm
Additional contributions by Maury Heiman, Randy Hardy, Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 1 July, 2020 - 12:09pm

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