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Species Protitame subalbaria - Hodges#6266

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Range · Season · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
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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 Cassymini
Genus Protitame
Species subalbaria (Protitame subalbaria - Hodges#6266)
Hodges Number
6266
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Protitame subalbaria (Packard, 1873)
Acidalia subalbaria Packard, 1873
syn.
Protitame matilda (Dyar, 1904)(1)
Numbers
There are three species of the genus Protitame in America north of Mexico. (1)
Size
Ferguson (2008) listed the forewing length. (1)
♂ 12-14 mm.
♀ 10-14 mm.
Range
Southern California to Wyoming, British Columbia and Alberta. (2)
Season
The main flight period is May to September. (3)
Food
The larvae feed on aspen and willow. (3)
Print References
Ferguson, D.C., 2008. The Moths of North America, Fascicle 17.2, Geometroidea, Geometridae, Ennominae (part: Abaxini, Cassymini, Macariini). The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation, p. 44; pl. 1.27-28. (1)
Packard Jr., A.S., 1873. Californian Phalaenidae. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History,16: 28.
Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America. University of California Press, p. 204; plate 27, fig. 18. (3)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (2)
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (4)
Works Cited
1.The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 17.2, Geometroidea, Geometridae, Ennominae.
Douglas C. Ferguson . 2008. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
3.Moths of Western North America
Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.
4.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Chuck Entz on 6 August, 2006 - 12:49am
Additional contributions by Maury Heiman
Last updated 30 October, 2013 - 1:21am

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