Genus Parapheromia

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Print References · Works Cited

unkn moth - Parapheromia cassinoi - male

Parapheromia or other Ennominae? - Parapheromia - male

Parapheromia falsata? - Parapheromia falsata - 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 Parapheromia

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Parapheromia McDunnough, 1920

Type species: Alcis lichenaria Pearsall, 1906

Numbers

Parsons et al. (1999) included 7 species in the genus Parapheromia.

There are five species in the genus Parapheromia found in America north of Mexico. (1), (2)

Print References

McDunnough, 1920. Bull. Dep. Agric. Can. ent. Brch. 18: 17, pl.9, fig.3; pl.11, figs 1, 2.

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

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 22 August, 2013 - 4:53pm
Last updated 14 October, 2013 - 12:44am

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