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Species Zenophleps alpinata - Hodges#7408

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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 Zenophleps
Species alpinata (Zenophleps alpinata - Hodges#7408 )

Hodges Number

7408

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Zenophleps alpinata Cassino, 1927
syn. Zenophleps rosa Cassino, 1927
Phylogenetic Sequence # 910252

Numbers

There are four species of the genus Zenophleps in America north of Mexico.(1)

Size

The wingspan averages 20-22 mm. (2)

Identification

Original description by Cassino (1927) is linked below. (2)

Range

Described from Alpine, TX (2)

See Also

Zenophleps lignicolorata is larger at 28-30 mm WS and has falcate wings (alpinata is considerably smaller and does not have falcate wings) (2)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (1)
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (3)
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Works Cited

1.North American Moth Photographers Group
2.Some New Geometridae
Cassino, Samuel E. 1927. The Lepidopterist, Samuel E. Cassino, Vol. 4 (No. 8-9).
3.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 19 August, 2013 - 3:04pm
Additional contributions by Robert H. Biagi, Steve Morris
Last updated 1 April, 2023 - 3:26pm

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