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Species Somatolophia pallescens - Hodges#6946

Emerging caterpillar on rabbitbrush? - Somatolophia pallescens Geometer sp. - Somatolophia pallescens - male Somatolophia pallescens - female Arizona Moth - Somatolophia pallescens - male Larva Day 5 - Somatolophia pallescens Arizona Moth - Somatolophia pallescens - male Arizona Moth - Somatolophia pallescens - female Ennominae - Somatolophia pallescens
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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 Ourapterygini
Genus Somatolophia
Species pallescens (Somatolophia pallescens - Hodges#6946)
Hodges Number
6946
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Somatolophia pallescens McDunnough, 1940
Catascia haydenata ab. obliterata Warren, 1904 (1)
Somatolophia obliterata Barnes & McDunnough, 1917
Phylogenetic sequence #911389.00
Explanation of Names
Specific epithet is Latin meaning "pale, faded."
Size
Forewing length 15-25 mm. (1)
Range
Western Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, and Arizona. (1), (2)
Moth Photographers Group map
Season
The flight period includes the months April, July to October. (2)
Print References
Rindge, F.H. 1980. A revision of the moth genus Somatolophia (Lepidoptera,Geometridae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 165(3): 314, figs. 9, 28-31, 35. (1)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (2)
Works Cited
1.A revision of the moth genus Somatolophia (Lepidoptera, Geometridae)
Frederick H. Rindge. 1980. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 155(3): 291-334.
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
Contributed by Randy Hardy on 7 September, 2012 - 11:45am
Additional contributions by Maury Heiman
Last updated 20 January, 2019 - 3:01pm

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