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Species Zenophleps obscurata - Hodges#7409

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Moth - Zenophleps obscurata - male Geometridae - Zenophleps obscurata - female Perizoma oxygramma 7323? - Zenophleps obscurata - female Zenophleps obscurata - female Zenophleps obscurata - female Zenophleps obscurata - male Zenophleps obscurata - male Zenophleps obscurata
Show images of: caterpillars · adults · both

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 obscurata (Zenophleps obscurata - Hodges#7409 )

Hodges Number

7409

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Zenophleps obscurata Hulst, 1896

Range

California to Arizona, Utah and Texas (1)(2)

Season

February to August in California

Life Cycle

Adult Female; Adult Male:

See Also

Entephria multivagata

Internet References

Moth Photographer Group
BOLD
Lepidoptera Barcode of Life

Works Cited

1.North American Moth Photographers Group
2.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Fyn Kynd on 7 September, 2013 - 7:19pm
Additional contributions by Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 24 June, 2019 - 10:07am

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