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Species Nepterotaea diagonalis - Hodges#6522

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Lepidoptera - Nepterotaea diagonalis Big Bend Ranch State Park; Nepterotaea diagonalis or something near??? - Nepterotaea diagonalis Nepterotaea diagonalis? - Nepterotaea diagonalis
Show images of: caterpillars · adults · both

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 Boarmiini
Genus Nepterotaea
Species diagonalis (Nepterotaea diagonalis - Hodges#6522 )

Hodges Number

6522

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Nepterotaea diagonalis Cassino, 1927

Size

Forewing length:
♀ 10-12 mm.
♂ 10-13 mm.

Identification

Females are less strongly marked than males and the antennae are weakly serrated in the middle.

Range

Western Texas and southern New Mexico. (Arizona?)

See Also

Nepterotaea marjorae has much bolder transverse lines with the postmedial line extending all the way to the costa with a curved bend. Occurs in Arizona and New Mexico.
The pinned N. marjorae photo at Moth Photographers Group may not be correct.
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Glena quinquelinearia

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Compare to others on the pinned plates of Moth Photographers Group.

Print References

Rindge, F.H. 1973. A revision of the moth genera Nepterotaea and Chesiadodes (Lepidoptera, Geometridae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 152(4): p. 214.(1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (2)
BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data System (3)

Works Cited

1.A revision of the moth genera Nepterotaea and Chesiadodes (Lepidoptera, Geometridae)
Frederick H. Rindge. 1973. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 152(4): 205-252.
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
3.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 14 May, 2012 - 10:59am
Last updated 26 July, 2018 - 6:53pm

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