Species Drepanulatrix garneri - Hodges#6686.1

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Drepanulatrix garneri - Hodges #6686.1 - Drepanulatrix garneri - male

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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 Caberini

Genus Drepanulatrix

Species garneri (Drepanulatrix garneri - Hodges#6686.1)

Hodges Number

6686.1

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Drepanulatrix garneri A. Blanchard(1) & Knudson, 1986 (2)

Explanation of Names

The specific epithet is for the type location of Garner State Park, Texas, and dedicated to John Nance Garner, the thirty-second vice president of the United States. (2)

Size

Blanchard(1) & Knudson (1986) listed the forewing length as: (2)

♂ average 15.8. mm.

♀ average 16.1 mm.

Identification

Blanchard(1) & Knudson (1986) description is available online and in PDF. (2)

Range

Texas, apparently confined to the Edwards' Plateau region of Texas. (2)

Holotype ♂ collected in Garner State Park, Uvalde County, Texas, 24-III-1985 by Ed Knudson; ♂ New Braunfels, Comal County, Texas, 12-II-1972 collected by A. & M.E. Blanchard. (2)

Print References

Blanchard(1), A. & E.C. Knudson 1986. Four new moths from Texas (Lepidoptera, Geometridae, Noctuidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 88(1): 134, figs. 1-6. (2)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (3)

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (4)

Works Cited

1.	André Blanchard (1896- 1986) Roy O. Kendall. 1987. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 41(4): 219-237.

2.	Four new moths from Texas (Lepidoptera, Geometridae, Noctuidae) André Blanchard, Edward C. Knudson. 1986. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 88: 134-141 .

3.	North American Moth Photographers Group

4.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 28 June, 2013 - 9:02am
Last updated 8 January, 2014 - 8:49am

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