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Species Mericisca scobina - Hodges#6607

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Moth - Mericisca scobina - female Mericisca scobina - female Mericisca scobina - female Mericisca scobina - male Mericisca scobina - male Arizona Moth - Mericisca scobina - 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 Boarmiini
Genus Mericisca
Species scobina (Mericisca scobina - Hodges#6607)
Hodges Number
6607
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Mericisca scobina Rindge, 1958 (1)
Explanation of Names
Specific epithet scobina is taken from a characteristic of the male genitalia. Scobina is Latin for a carpenter's rasp. Rindge described the male as having a "scobinate vesica," meaning the vesica has a rough surface. (1)
Numbers
There are three species of the genus Mericisca in America north of Mexico. (2), (3)
Size
Rindge (1972) reported the forewing length. (4)
♀ 19-22 mm.
♀ 17-21 mm.
Identification
Rindge (1972) described the adults including genitalia. (4)
Range
Rindge (1972) reported the range to include southeastern Arizona to New Mexico, north along the Front Range of Colorado. (4)
Habitat
Elevation range of 5,000-8,000 feet. (4)
Season
Rindge (1972) reported the adults were most common from June to August. He also noted there was one April record in the collection. (4)
Food
Rindge (1972) did not mention a host plant.
Life Cycle
Rindge (1972) reported Mericisca scobina is possibly double brooded with a confirmed April record. (4)
Print References
Rindge, F.H., 1958. Descriptions of and notes on North American Geometridae (Lepidoptera), No. 3. American Museum Novitates, 1910: 8; figs. 8, 16, 17, 22. (1)
Rindge, F.H., 1972. A revision of the moth genus Mericisca (Lepidoptera, Geometridae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 149(4): 363; figs. 17, 13, 19, 21. (4)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (3)
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (5)
Moths of Southeastern Arizona (6)
Works Cited
1.Descriptions of and notes on North American Geometridae (Lepidoptera). No. 3.
Frederick H. Rindge, Charles P. Kimball, Loyd M. Martin . 1958. American Museum Novitates 1910: 1-24.
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.A revision of the moth genus Mericisca (Lepidoptera, Geometridae)
Frederick H. Rindge. 1972. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 149(4): 341-406.
5.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
6.Moths of Southeast Arizona
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 22 August, 2013 - 4:50pm
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy
Last updated 16 January, 2015 - 12:15pm

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