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Species Gabriola minima - Hodges#6783

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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 Nacophorini
Genus Gabriola
Species minima (Gabriola minima - Hodges#6783)
Hodges Number
6783
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Gabriola minima (Hulst, 1896)
Nacophora minima Hulst, 1896 (1)
Size
Hulst (1896) listed the wingspan 32-34 mm. (1)
Rindge (1974) listed the forewing length 12-16 mm. (2)
Identification
Genitalia:
Range
The four southern Rocky Mountain states: Colorado Front Range and Glenwood Springs, Utah from the general area of Bryce Canyon National Park, Arizona above the Mogollon Rim, New Mexico. (2)
Season
The main flight period appears to be June through September. (2)
Print References
Hulst, G.D., 1896. Classification of the Geometrina of North America, with descriptions of new genera and species. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 23: 360. (1)
Works Cited
1.Classification of the Geometrina of North America, with descriptions of new genera and species
George D. Hulst. 1896. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 23: 245-386.
2.A revision of the moth genus Gabriola (Lepidoptera, Geometridae).
Frederick H. Rindge. 1974. American Museum Novitates 2550: 1-24, f.1-26.
3.North American Moth Photographers Group
4.Butterflies of North America
5.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems