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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 » Asthenini » Venusia » Venusia duodecemlineata - Hodges#7426 (Venusia duodecemlineata)

Species Venusia duodecemlineata - Hodges#7426

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Life Cycle · See Also · Internet References · Works Cited
Venusia obsoleta ? - Venusia duodecemlineata small Geometrid - Venusia duodecemlineata small Geometrid - Venusia duodecemlineata Venusia duodecemlineata Venusia duodecemlineata Venusia duodecemlineata moth - Venusia duodecemlineata Venusia duodecemlineata - 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 Larentiinae
Tribe Asthenini
Genus Venusia
Species duodecemlineata (Venusia duodecemlineata - Hodges#7426)
Hodges Number
7426
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Venusia duodecemlineata Packard, 1873
Venusia duodecimlineata
Nomenia duodecimlineata
Nomenia unipecta Pearsall, 1906
Larentia duodecimlineata Packard, 1873
Phylogenetic Sequence # 910270
Size
wingspan ≈ 22 mm
Identification
Specimens identified by DNA analysis:
Range
western (BC south to CA, east to AZ, NM) (1)(2)
Life Cycle
Larva, larva, adult:
See Also
Other species of Venusia look very similar.
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)
Works Cited
1.North American Moth Photographers Group
2.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 31 March, 2012 - 2:25pm
Additional contributions by Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 27 April, 2020 - 4:16pm

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