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Species Besma rubritincta - Hodges#6886

Moth - Besma rubritincta - Besma rubritincta - male Arizona Moth - Besma rubritincta Besma rubritincta? - Besma rubritincta - female Besma rubritincta larva Day 14 - Besma rubritincta Besma rubritincta larva Day 21 - Besma rubritincta Adult emerged 5-11-18. - Besma rubritincta - male Arizona Moth - Besma rubritincta - 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 Ourapterygini
Genus Besma
Species rubritincta (Besma rubritincta - Hodges#6886)
Hodges Number
6886
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Besma rubritincta (Cassino & Swett, 1925)
Phylogenetic Sequence # 911325
Identification
Specimens identified by DNA analysis:
Range
south-western (AZ) (1)(2)
Life Cycle
Larva:
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)
Image at University of Arizona
Works Cited
1.North American Moth Photographers Group
2.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Mike Boone on 18 October, 2006 - 7:51pm
Additional contributions by Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 22 July, 2021 - 6:33pm

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