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Species Orthonama evansi - Hodges#7415

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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 Xanthorhoini

Genus Orthonama

Species evansi (Orthonama evansi - Hodges#7415)

Hodges Number

7415

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Orthonama evansi McDunnough (1), 1920

Explanation of Names

Named in honor of entomologist John D. Evans of Trenton, Ontario who collected the type specimens. McDunnough also named Capperia evansi for him.

Numbers

There are two species of the genus Orthonama in America north of Mexico. (2), (3)

Size

McDunnough (1920) listed the wingspan as 20 mm.

Identification

Range

British Columbia eastward to Nova Scotia, and the Great Lakes region of the United States. (4), (5)

Holotype ♂, Trenton, Ontario, June 22, [no year], J.D. Evans, in National Collection, Ottawa.

Season

The adults appear to be most common from May to August. (3)

Food

Reared on willow

Life Cycle

Larva; adult

Print References

McDunnough, J.H., 1920. New species of Lepidoptera. The Canadian Entomologist, 52: 164.

Morris, R.F., 1980. Butterflies and moths of Newfoundland and Labrador : the macrolepidoptera. Agriculture Canada 1691: 236.(4)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (3)

iNaturalist

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (6)

James Halliday McDunnough (Wikipedia)

Works Cited

1.	James Halliday McDunnough (1877 -1962) A biographical obituary and bibliography Douglas C. Ferguson . 1962. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 16(4): 209-228.

2.	Check list of the Lepidoptera of America north of Mexico. Hodges, et al. (editors). 1983. E. W. Classey, London. 284 pp.

3.	North American Moth Photographers Group

4.	Butterflies and moths of Newfoundland and Labrador the macrolepidoptera Ray F. Morris. 1980. Agriculture Canada 1691: 374-379.

5.	Annotated list of Ontario Lepidoptera J. C. E. Riotte. 1992. Royal Ontario Museum 1-208.

6.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 7 August, 2013 - 7:16pm
Additional contributions by JohnMaxwell22, marcie oconnor, Randy Hardy
Last updated 24 November, 2023 - 9:04am

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