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Species Melanolophia imperfectaria - Hodges#6622

Melanolophia imperfectaria - Hodges #6622 - Melanolophia imperfectaria - female ID Request Parapheromia cassinoi? - Melanolophia imperfectaria - female
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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 Melanolophiini
Genus Melanolophia
Species imperfectaria (Melanolophia imperfectaria - Hodges#6622)
Hodges Number
6622
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Melanolophia imperfectaria (Walker, 1860)
Tephrosia imperfectaria Walker, 1860
Range
Coastal southern Texas to eastern Florida.
Print References
Walker, F. 1860. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. London. 407.