Species Glaucina lowensis - Hodges#6509

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

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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 Boarmiini

Genus Glaucina

Species lowensis (Glaucina lowensis - Hodges#6509)

Hodges Number

6509

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Glaucina lowensis (Cassino & Swett, 1925) (1)

Coenocharis lowensis Cassino & Swett, 1925

Explanation of Names

Species named for the collection location of Mount Lowe. (1)

Size

Rindge (1959) listed the forewing length. (1)

♂ 14-19 mm.

♀ 13-19 mm.

Identification

Rindge (1959) has description of the adult including genitalia. (1)

Range

Rindge (1959) listed the range to include southern Sierra Nevada Mountains (Tulare County, California) to the lower elevations of San Diego and Baja California. (1)

Holotype ♂ collected at Mount Lowe, San Gabriel Mountains, Los Angeles County, California, in Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College (#16928). (1)

Season

Rindge (1959) listed the flight period as April to August; November. (1)

Food

Rindge (1959) reported the host and immature stages were unknown. (1)

Print References

Cassino & Swett, 1925. Lepidopterist, 4: 35.

Rindge, F.H., 1959. A revision of the Glaucina, Synglochis, and Eubarnesia (Lepidoptera, Geometridae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 118: 324; plate 26, figs. 7, 8; text figs. 29, 63, 95. (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (2)

Barcode of Life (BOLD)

Works Cited

1.	A revision of the Glaucina, Synglochis, and Eubarnesia (Lepidoptera, Geometridae) Frederick. H. Rindge. 1959. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 118: 265-365.

2.	North American Moth Photographers Group

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 11 October, 2013 - 9:58am
Additional contributions by Steve Morris
Last updated 17 May, 2022 - 6:00pm

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