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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Geometrid and Swallowtail Moths (Geometroidea) » Geometrid Moths (Geometridae) » Ennominae » Macariini » Digrammia » Digrammia curvata - Hodges#6370 (Digrammia curvata)

Species Digrammia curvata - Hodges#6370

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Season · See Also · Internet References · Works Cited

Digrammia #3: Digrammia curvata? - Digrammia curvata

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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 Macariini

Genus Digrammia

Species curvata (Digrammia curvata - Hodges#6370)

Hodges Number

6370

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Semiothisa curvata

described in 1880 by Grote, who originally placed it in genus Phasiane

Size

forewing length 1.0 - 1.3 cm (1)

Identification

Adult: forewing AM line thick, black, does not reach costa but often merges with median line to form V-shaped mark projecting from inner margin; PM line a smooth black curve, usually interrupted near costa; hindwing dappled gray with no obvious lines

Range

British Columbia and southern Alberta south to eastern California, Nevada, Utah, and Colorado (1)

Season

adults fly from March to August in California

See Also

Curve-lined Angle (Digrammia continuata) forewing AM and PM lines are continuous from inner margin to costa

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (MPG)

Barcode of Life (BOLD)

pinned adult images with date and location labels (Bruce Walsh, Moths of Southeastern Arizona)

presence in Colorado; list (Paul Opler, Lepidoptera of Colorado National Monument, USGS)

presence in Utah; list (Joel Johnson, Utah Lepidopterists Society)

presence in California; list of 16 specimen records with dates and locations (U. of California at Berkeley)

author, date, and original genus (nearctica.com)

Works Cited

1.	Moths of Western North America Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.

Contributed by Chuck Entz on 9 August, 2006 - 12:46am
Additional contributions by Robin McLeod, Randy Hardy, Steve Morris
Last updated 27 May, 2022 - 2:54pm

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