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Tetracis barnesii - Hodges#6959 (Tetracis barnesii)
Species
Tetracis barnesii
- Hodges#6959
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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)
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Gonodontis barnesii
Hulst, 1896
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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.
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Range
Central Arizona, California Sierras and parts of Colorado, Utah, Montana and Oregon.
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Habitat
High desert riparian canyons to dry coniferous forest at elevations of 5,100-6,250'
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Food
The host plant and immature stages are unknown.
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See Also
Compare on the pinned plates of
Moth Photographers Group
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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.
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Internet References
Moth Photographers Group
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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.
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North American Moth Photographers Group
Contributed by
Maury J. Heiman
on 6 February, 2012 - 10:09pm
Last updated 12 August, 2014 - 7:51pm