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Species Lomographa elsinora - Hodges#6669

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
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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 Baptini
Genus Lomographa
Species elsinora (Lomographa elsinora - Hodges#6669)
Hodges Number
6669
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Lomographa elsinora (Hulst, 1900) (1)
Orthofidonia elsinora Hulst, 1900 (2)
Synonym
Bapta elsinora (Barnes & Dunnough, 1917)
Size
Forewing length: (1)
♂ 10-12 mm.
♀ 11-12 mm.
Identification
See Rindge, 1979 (1)
Hulst (1900) original description as Orthofidonia elsinora is available in PDF or read online in the print references below. (2)
The Rindge (1979) revised description is available in PDF. (1)
Forewing is pale gray with scattered black scales and faint or obsolete maculation.
Hindwing is white.
Range
California to Baja California. (3), (4)
Moth Photographers Group - large map with some distribution data.
Habitat
Coastal. (1)
Season
Adults are most often reported from March to June; August to October. (4), (1)
Rindge reports a few specimens from January. (1)
Food
Larval host is unknown. (1)
See Also
Lomographa glomeraria
Drepanulatrix falcataria
Compare on the pinned plates of Moth Photographers Group.
Print References
Hulst, G.D. 1900. New species of Lepidoptera. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 8: 218. (2)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (4)
University of California, Berkeley
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (5)
Works Cited
1.A Revision of the North American Moths of the Genus Lomographa (Lepidoptera, Geometridae)
Frederick H. Rindge. 1979. American Museum Novitates 2673: 1-18.
2.New Species of Lepidoptera
Geo D Hulst. 1900. Journal of The New York Entomological Society 8: 215-225 .
3.Essig Museum of Entomology, California Moth Species List
4.North American Moth Photographers Group
5.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 25 April, 2013 - 1:45pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz
Last updated 3 June, 2016 - 5:08am

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