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Species Prorella gypsata - Hodges#7611

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Range · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
7561-Eupithecia agnesata - (maybe) - Prorella gypsata 7561-Eupithecia agnesata - (maybe) - Prorella gypsata Prorella gypsata - Prorella gypsata Prorella gypsata Prorella gypsata Prorella gypsata Prorella gypsata - male Eupithecia sp - Prorella gypsata
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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 Larentiinae
Tribe Eupitheciini
Genus Prorella
Species gypsata (Prorella gypsata - Hodges#7611)
Hodges Number
7611
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Prorella gypsata (Grote(1), 1882)
Eupithecia gypsata Grote, 1882 (2), (3)
Numbers
Parsons et al. (1999) included 15 species in the genus Prorella in America north of Mexico. (4)
Size
The wingspan is about 18 mm. (4)
Range
Texas to Colorado and Arizona. (4), (5)
Syntypes: "Arizona", USNM, Washington D.C.
Print References
Grote, A.R., 1882. New moths. The Canadian Entomologist, 14: 188. (3)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (4)
Moths of Southeastern Arizona     Large photo (6)
Works Cited
1.Augustus Radcliffe Grote, Lepidopterist (1841-1903)
2.Revision of the North American species of the genus Eupithecia (Lepidoptera, Geometridae)
James H. McDunnough. 1949. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 93(8).
3.New moths
A. R. Grote. 1882. The Canadian Entomologist, 14: 181-188.
4.North American Moth Photographers Group
5.Assessment of insects, especially moths (Lepidoptera), of the White Sands National Monument
Eric H. Metzler. 2011. Western National Parks Association.
6.Moths of Southeast Arizona
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 20 September, 2013 - 7:51am
Last updated 23 October, 2013 - 11:11am

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