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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 » Anagogini » Slossonia » Slossonia rubrotincta - Hodges#6816 (Slossonia rubrotincta)

Species Slossonia rubrotincta - Hodges#6816

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Remarks · 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 Anagogini

Genus Slossonia

Species rubrotincta (Slossonia rubrotincta - Hodges#6816)

Hodges Number

6816

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Slossonia rubrotincta Hulst, 1898 (1)

Size

Hulst (1898) listed a wingspan of 30 mm. (1)

Powell & Opler (2009) listed the forewing length 12-13 mm.(2)

Comstock & Dammers (1936) reported the larva mature to 25 mm and pupa 10 mm.

Identification

Hulst (1898) original description is online in the print references. (1)

Range

Powell & Opler (2009) reported California, west of the Sierra Nevada crest. (2)

Season

The main flight period appears to be May to August. (3)

Food

Comstock & Dammers found the larva while beating coastal sage scrub oak (Quercus dumosa).

McFarland reported the host as scrub oak (Quercus berberidifolia).(2)

Remarks

Powell & Opler (2009) reported the adults always rest butterfly-style, with wings held high.(2)

See Also

Neoterpes trianguliferata is larger with darker markings along the forewing costa.

Print References

Comstock, J.A. & C.A. Dammers, 1936. Notes on the early stages of five moths from southern California . Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 35(2), p. 106; pl.32-33.

Hulst, G.D., 1898. Descriptions of new genera and species of the Geometrina of North America. The Canadian Entomologist 30, p. 217. (1)

Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America. University of California Press. pl. 29, fig. 35; p. 215. (2)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (3)

The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (4)

Works Cited

1.	Descriptions of new genera and species of the Geometrina of North America George D. Hulst. 1898. The Canadian Entomologist 30(6-8): 158-164.

2.	Moths of Western North America Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.

3.	North American Moth Photographers Group

4.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Paul Dennehy on 31 January, 2012 - 10:56pm
Additional contributions by Maury Heiman, Randy Hardy
Last updated 26 April, 2014 - 10:53pm

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