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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Geometrid and Swallowtail Moths (Geometroidea) » Geometrid Moths (Geometridae) » Ennominae » Boarmiini » Dasyfidonia

Genus Dasyfidonia

Classification · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Food · See Also · Internet References
Stukel Moth - Dasyfidonia avuncularia - male Dasyfidonia avuncularia - male Red-winged Wave - Dasyfidonia avuncularia - male Red-winged Wave Moth - Dasyfidonia avuncularia - male Metalmark? - Dasyfidonia avuncularia Gray-brown banded moth with orange on hindwings - Dasyfidonia avuncularia - female please help ID this moth - Dasyfidonia avuncularia - female moth with orange hindwings - Dasyfidonia avuncularia - 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 Ennominae
Tribe Boarmiini
Genus Dasyfidonia
Numbers
2 species in North America listed at All-Leps
Size
wingspan about 25 mm, based on Internet photos by Jim Vargo and CBIF
Identification
Adult: forewing brown with black AM, PM, and median lines, and many transverse streaks or striations; hindwing mostly bright orange with black discal spot and 0-2 black lines
Range
Alberta and British Columbia to Nevada and California
Habitat
wet forests in west coast mountains
Food
larvae feed on leaves of cherry (Prunus spp.)
See Also
The Infant (Archiearis infans) forewing lacks transverse streaks or striations, and has two prominent white patches along the costa
Internet References
pinned adult images of both species in North America (Moth Photographers Group)
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 12 June, 2006 - 12:04am

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