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Species Parexcelsa ultraria - Hodges#6777

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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 Nacophorini
Genus Parexcelsa
Species ultraria (Parexcelsa ultraria - Hodges#6777)
Hodges Number
6777
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Parexcelsa ultraria Pearsall, 1912 (1)
Numbers
Parexcelsa ultraria is the only member of the genus in America north of Mexico. (2), (3)
Size
Pearsall (1912) listed the wingspan as 28-30 mm. (1)
Identification
Pearsall (1912) original description is available in print references. (1)
Sperry (1948) included the first description of the female.

              ♂
Range
Southern California. (4), (5)
Holotype ♂ collected Oct 9, 1910, San Diego, California. (1)
Season
The flight period is August to November. (5)
McFarland (1965) reported the species common at lights late September to November. (6)
Food
The larval host is unknown.
See Also
Paleacrita longiciliata
Print References
Pearsall, R.F., 1912. Geometridae as yet undescribed. The Canadian Entomologist 44: 100; figs. 5, 6. (1)
Sperry, J.L., 1948. Southwestern geometrid notes and new species II. Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society, 43: 88-93.
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (5)
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (7)
University of California, Berkeley
Works Cited
1.Geometridae as yet undescribed
Richard F. Pearsall. 1912. The Canadian Entomologist, 44(4): 99-101.
2.American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico
Ross H. Arnett. 2000. CRC Press.
3.Check list of the Lepidoptera of America north of Mexico.
Hodges, et al. (editors). 1983. E. W. Classey, London. 284 pp.
4.Essig Museum of Entomology, California Moth Species List
5.North American Moth Photographers Group
6.The moths (Macroheterocera) of a Chaparral plant association in the Santa Monica Mountains of southern California.
Noel McFarland. 1965. Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera, 4(1): 43-74.
7.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 9 October, 2013 - 10:21am
Additional contributions by Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 12 December, 2019 - 10:40pm

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