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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Geometrid and Swallowtail Moths (Geometroidea) » Geometrid Moths (Geometridae) » Ennominae » Ourapterygini » Melemaea » Melemaea magdalena - Hodges#6855 (Melemaea magdalena)
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Melemaea magdalena - male
Copyright © 2013 ERand

Melemaea magdalena - Male
Apache County, Arizona, USA
August 24, 2013
Size: Wingspan approx. 27mm
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Contributed by ERand on 25 August, 2013 - 8:31pm

host plant unknown
sure would be nice to find out! Maybe you could do some work on that. :)
… Maury J. Heiman, 26 August, 2013 - 10:23am login or register to post comments

 
Host
I'm pretty sure that it is a conifer feeding species. I collected a female that night, but unfortunately it was pouring down rain and I killed her without checking the sex first, as I was just trying to get out of the rain. The mystery of this species is why is it so rarely found? M. virgata is pretty common in a lot of the SE AZ mountain ranges. Oh well, a project for next year.
… ERand, 29 October, 2013 - 1:24am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Melemaea.

Thank you!
Please try for more photos!
… Maury J. Heiman, 25 August, 2013 - 8:35pm login or register to post comments

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