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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Geometrid and Swallowtail Moths (Geometroidea) » Geometrid Moths (Geometridae) » Ennominae » Angeronini » Euchlaena » Euchlaena mollisaria - Hodges#6730 (Euchlaena mollisaria)

Species Euchlaena mollisaria - Hodges#6730

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

6027705 geo - Euchlaena mollisaria - male

Unknown Moth - Euchlaena mollisaria - male

Geometridae: Euchlaena mollisaria - Euchlaena mollisaria

Hodges#6730 - Euchlaena mollisaria - female

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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 Angeronini

Genus Euchlaena

Species mollisaria (Euchlaena mollisaria - Hodges#6730)

Hodges Number

6730

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Euchlaena mollisaria (Hulst, 1886)

Endropia occantaria Hulst, 1886 (1)

Endropia mollisaria Hulst, 1886

Phylogenetic Sequence # 911155

Size

Hulst (1886) listed a wingspan of 46 mm.

Identification

Determined by Bob Patterson.

Genitalia:

Range

Southern California to Colorado, north to Montana and British Columbia. (2)

Syntype ♂ labeled "Colorado"

Season

The main flight period is May to September. (2)

Print References

Grossbeck, J.A., 1907. Notes on certain described species of Geometridae, with descriptions of a few new species. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 33: 343. (1)

Hulst, G.D.,1886. New species and varieties of Geometridae. Entomologica Americana, 1(11): 207

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (2)

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (3)

Works Cited

1.	Notes on certain described species of Geometridae, with descriptions of a few new species John A. Grossbeck. 1907. Transactions of The American Entomological Society Philadelphia, 33: 335-343.

2.	North American Moth Photographers Group

3.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 13 October, 2013 - 10:53am
Additional contributions by Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 27 August, 2023 - 10:46am

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