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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 » Psamatodes » Psamatodes trientata - Hodges#6332.1 (Psamatodes trientata)

Species Psamatodes trientata - Hodges#6332.1

Classification · Hodges Number · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Psamatodes trientata - Hodges #6332.1 - Psamatodes trientata

Psamotodes trientata - Hodges 6332.1? - Psamatodes trientata

#6332.1 - Psamatodes trientata? - Psamatodes trientata

Psamatodes trientata? - Psamatodes trientata

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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 Psamatodes

Species trientata (Psamatodes trientata - Hodges#6332.1 )

Hodges Number

6332.1

Other Common Names

Dark-shaded Angle (1)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Psamatodes trientata (Herrich-Schäffer)

Orig. Comb: Macaria trientata Herrich-Schäffer, 1870

Size

Forewing length about 15 mm.(2)

Identification

Adults:(2)

Smaller and browner than Psamatodes abydata, usually with less contrast between the lighter inner 2/3 of the forewing and the darker distal 1/3; the namesake dark dots lining the postmedial line of abydata are "obsolescent" (absent or very tiny) on trientata.

Dark granulation and flecking is reduced on all wings.

The black extramedial spot usually found on P. abydata is very reduced in the female P. trientata and is lacking in the males.

Range

FL peninsula, c. TX to C. Amer. / W. Indies - Map (MPG)

See Also

6332 Dot-lined Angle - Psamatodes abydata

- Range: e. US to AZ

Print References

Ferguson, D. C., 2008. Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 17.2: p. 175; pl. 4.10-12.(2)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group - MPG (several of the photos appear to be Psamatodes abydata)

Works Cited

1.	iNaturalist

2.	The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 17.2, Geometroidea, Geometridae, Ennominae. Douglas C. Ferguson . 2008. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 27 October, 2012 - 12:19am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, Chuck Sexton
Last updated 15 July, 2021 - 1:45pm

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