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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Geometrid and Swallowtail Moths (Geometroidea) » Geometrid Moths (Geometridae) » Larentiinae » Hydriomenini » Antepirrhoe » Antepirrhoe fasciata - Hodges#7211 (Antepirrhoe fasciata)

Species Antepirrhoe fasciata - Hodges#7211

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Antepirrhoe fasciata Antepirrhoe fasciata - Hodges #7211 - Antepirrhoe fasciata
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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 Larentiinae
Tribe Hydriomenini
Genus Antepirrhoe
Species fasciata (Antepirrhoe fasciata - Hodges#7211)
Hodges Number
7211
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Antepirrhoe fasciata (Barnes & McDunnough, 1918)
Eustroma fasciata Barnes & McDunnough, 1918
Numbers
Three Antepirrhoe species occur in America north of Mexico.
Size
Wingspan: (Barnes & McDunnough)
♂ 34 mm.
♀ 37 mm.
Identification
The original description as Eustroma fasciata Barnes & McDunnough, is available online at the link in the print references below.
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Specimen identified by DNA analysis (BOLD). (1)
Range
Northern California to Montana and Alaska. (2)
Described from Ketchikan, Alaska.
Moth Photographers Group - large map with some distribution data.
Habitat
Higher elevations.
Season
Adults have been recorded mostly from June to September. (2)
Food
Known larval hosts are fireweed (Epilobium) and huckleberry (Vaccinium).
See Also
Compare on the pinned plates of Moth Photographers Group.
Print References
Barnes & McDunnough 1918. Contributions to the Natural History of the Lepidoptera of North America. 4: 137 .
Choi, 2001, American Museum Novitates. no. 3318: 30
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)
Canadian Biodiversity Information
lepbarcoding.org (listed as Eustroma atrifasciata).
Works Cited
1.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 11 March, 2012 - 10:24pm
Last updated 23 October, 2013 - 11:51pm

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