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Species Tetracis barnesii - Hodges#6959

Tetracis barnesii - Hodges #6959 - Tetracis barnesii

Tetracis barnesii? - Tetracis barnesii - 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 Ourapterygini

Genus Tetracis (Slant-Lines)

Species barnesii (Tetracis barnesii - Hodges#6959)

Hodges Number

6959

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Tetracis barnesii (Hulst, 1896) (1)

Gonodontis barnesii Hulst, 1896 (2)

Synonym

Synaxis barnesii McDunnough, 1938.

Numbers

Size

Forewing length 19-23 mm.

Identification

Sinuous postmedial line is smeared basally at the costal margin and is bordered along the length outwardly by a thin pale yellow-ochre line. (1)

Range

Central Arizona, California Sierras and parts of Colorado, Utah, Montana and Oregon. (1)

Habitat

High desert riparian canyons to dry coniferous forest at elevations of 5,100-6,250' (1)

Food

The host plant and immature stages are unknown. (1)

Print References

Hulst, G.D. 1896. A classification of the Geometrina, of North America, with descriptions of new genera and species. Transactions of the American Entomological Society. 23(3): 274. (2)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (3)

Works Cited

1.	Revision of the North American genera Tetracis Guenée and synonymization of Synaxis Hulst with descriptions of three new ... Clifford D. Ferris & B. Christian Schmidt. 2010. Magnolia Press Zootaxa 2347: 1–36.

2.	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.

3.	North American Moth Photographers Group

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 6 February, 2012 - 10:09pm
Last updated 12 August, 2014 - 7:51pm

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