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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 » Ourapterygini » Lychnosea » Lychnosea intermicata - Hodges#6858 (Lychnosea intermicata)

Species Lychnosea intermicata - Hodges#6858

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Unknown geometrid moth - Lychnosea intermicata - male Lychnosea intermicata_#6858 - Lychnosea intermicata Moth - Lychnosea intermicata Lychnosea intermicata - female Lychnosea intermicata - female unknown moth - Lychnosea intermicata - male Moth ID - Lychnosea intermicata - male Lychnosea intermicata
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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 Lychnosea
Species intermicata (Lychnosea intermicata - Hodges#6858)
Hodges Number
6858
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Lychnosea intermicata (Walker, 1862)
Aspilates pervaria Packard, 1873
Lychnosea pervaria (Packard, 1873)
L. interminaria (Grote, 1877)
Phylogenetic sequence # 201900.
Numbers
Two species of Lychnosea are found in America north of Mexico. (1), (2)
Identification
Variable amount of speckling on the forewing.
Range
Southeastern United States. (3), (4), (5), (6)
Moth Photographers Group - large map with some distribution data.
Season
Most records are from March through October. (1), (4)
Year round in Florida.
See Also
Lychnosea helveolaria

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Compare to others on the pinned plates of Moth Photographers Group.
Print References
Powell, J.A., & P.A. Opler 2009. Moths of Western North America. p. 216.(2)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group
BOLD - Barcode of Life Data Systems
lepbarcoding.org
Works Cited
1.North American Moth Photographers Group
2.Moths of Western North America
Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.
3.Moths of Stengl "Lost Pines" Biological Research Station (University of Texas, Austin)
4.Arthropods of Florida and Neighboring Land Areas: Lepidoptera of Florida
J.B. Heppner. 2003. Florida Department of Agriculture 17(1): 1-670.
5.Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Florida
6.South Carolina Moth Species
Contributed by Jeff Hollenbeck on 13 August, 2006 - 4:49pm
Additional contributions by Maury Heiman
Last updated 4 April, 2013 - 1:06pm

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