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Species Lithostege marcata - Hodges#7630

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Range · Food · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Lithostege marcata - Hodges #7630 - Lithostege marcata - 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 Larentiinae
Tribe Chesiadini
Genus Lithostege
Species marcata (Lithostege marcata - Hodges#7630)
Hodges Number
7630
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Lithostege marcata Barnes & McDunnough, 1916
Numbers
The genus Lithostege includes six species in America, north of Mexico. (1)
Size
Barnes & McDunnough (1916) reported a wingspan of 25 mm.
Range
Western Texas, New Mexico.
Holotype ♀ South New Mexico, United States, Collector: Poling.
Food
The host plant is unknown.
See Also
Compare on the pinned plates of Moth Photographers Group. (2)
Print References
Barnes, W. & J.H. McDunnough(3), 1916. Contributions to the Natural History of the Lepidoptera of North America. 3: 21.
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (2)
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (4)
Works Cited
1.Check list of the Lepidoptera of America north of Mexico.
Hodges, et al. (editors). 1983. E. W. Classey, London. 284 pp.
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
3.James Halliday McDunnough (1877 -1962) A biographical obituary and bibliography
Douglas C. Ferguson . 1962. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 16(4): 209-228.
4.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 16 July, 2013 - 10:59am
Additional contributions by Steve Morris
Last updated 28 May, 2022 - 7:07pm

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