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Species Scopula lautaria - Small Frosted Wave Moth - Hodges#7149

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Range · Print References · Internet References
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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 Sterrhinae
Tribe Scopulini
Genus Scopula
Species lautaria (Small Frosted Wave Moth - Hodges#7149)
Hodges Number
7149
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
the following are synonyms:
Scopularia minutularia (Hulst, 1880)
Scopularia myrmidonata (Guenée, [1858])
Numbers
one of 24 North American species
Size
wingspan about 15 mm
Range
Southeastern US, Texas to Florida
Print References
Hodges, Ronald W. (ed.), 1983; Check List of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group - species page with photographs of living and pinned adults.
lepbarcoding.org - species account with photographs of pinned adults
Moth Photographers Group - photograph of pinned adult and related species for comparison.
Lepidoptera of Florida Checklist - presence in Florida.
South Carolina Moth Checklist - presence in South Carolina
Contributed by Chuck Entz on 8 September, 2006 - 12:50pm
Additional contributions by Maury Heiman
Last updated 5 October, 2011 - 11:26am

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