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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 » Macariini » Digrammia » Digrammia hebetata - Hodges#6394.1 (Digrammia hebetata)

Species Digrammia hebetata - Hodges#6394.1

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Digrammia hebetata
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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 Macariini
Genus Digrammia
Species hebetata (Digrammia hebetata - Hodges#6394.1)
Hodges Number
6394.1
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Digrammia hebetata (Hulst, 1881)
Phasiane hebetata Hulst, 1881
Numbers
There are 49 named species of Digrammia in America north of Mexico. (1)
Size
Wingspan about 30 mm. based on MPG photo. Ferguson (2008) did not mention the forewing length. (2)
Identification
The species has two forms, banded and unbanded. Both forms usually have a dark spot on the costa where the postmedial line begins.(2)
Range
Sierra Nevada and Warner Mountains of California, the mountains of Utah and Colorado. (2)
See Also
Digrammia subminiata which has a reddish tint to the dark shading below the postmedial line and along the costa.
Print References
Bowman, K. 1921. Annotated checklist of the Macrolepidoptera of Alberta - additions 1920. The Canadian Entomologist, 53: 212.
Ferguson, D.C. 2008. The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 17.2, p. 298; pl. 7.44-46. (2)
Hulst, G.D. 1881. Descriptions of some new species of Geometridae, II. Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society 4(5-6): 34.
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (MPG)
Works Cited
1.North American Moth Photographers Group
2.The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 17.2, Geometroidea, Geometridae, Ennominae.
Douglas C. Ferguson . 2008. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 11 November, 2011 - 11:38am
Last updated 24 October, 2013 - 12:49am

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