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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)

Species Melemaea magdalena - Hodges#6855

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Melemaea magadalena - Melemaea magdalena

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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 Ourapterygini

Genus Melemaea

Species magdalena (Melemaea magdalena - Hodges#6855)

Hodges Number

6855

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Melemaea magdalena Hulst, 1896

Size

Powell & Opler (2009) reported the forewing length as 14-16 mm. (1)

Range

Powell & Opler (2009) reported the range to include the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains. (1)

There are records from Utah and Arizona to New Mexico and Wyoming. (2), (3)

Habitat

Melemaea magdalena is usually found in the spruce-fir zone. (1)

Season

The adults are most common during the months of April to October. (3)

Powell & Opler (2009) reported the adults attracted to lights during late August to early September. (1)

Food

Powell & Opler (2009) stated there is no information on the host plant or immature stages. (1)

Print References

Barnes, W. & J.H. McDunnough, 1912. Illustrations of rare and typical Lepidoptera. Contributions to the Natural History of the Lepidoptera of North America, 1(4): pl. 16, fig. 3.

Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America. University of California Press, pl. 30.1; p. 216. (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (3)

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (4)

Works Cited

1.	Moths of Western North America Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.

2.	Survey of Utah Moth Species

3.	North American Moth Photographers Group

4.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 25 August, 2013 - 8:32pm
Last updated 23 October, 2013 - 11:55am

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