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Species Hesperumia fumosaria - Hodges#6432

Geometrid Moth - Hesperumia fumosaria - 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 Boarmiini

Genus Hesperumia

Species fumosaria (Hesperumia fumosaria - Hodges#6432)

Hodges Number

6432

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Hesperumia fumosaria Comstock, 1937

Hesperumia sulphuraria form fumosaria Comstock, 1937

Hesperumia fumosanra impensa Rindge, 1974

Size

Forewing length 15-21 mm. (1)

Food

Has been reared on various genera of Rosaceae, Rhamnaceae, and Ericaceae. (1)

Remarks

The population from southern California is small in size and has a relatively high percentage of the moths with a brown median area of the forewing in both sexes. The moths from central and northern California are larger and have about one-third as many specimens with the brown median area. (1)

See Also

This species may be separated from H. sulphuraria by the smaller, unicolorous discal dot, when present, on the upper surface of the forewings.

Hesperumia sulphuraria

Speranza amboflava

Speranza sulphurea

Print References

Comstock, J.A. 1937. Miscellaneous notes on western Lepidoptera. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 37(3): 123

Rindge, F.H. 1974. A revision of the moth genus Hesperumia (Lepidoptera, Geometridae). American Museum novitates 2561: PDF (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

Works Cited

1.	A revision of the moth genus Hesperumia (Lepidoptera, Geometridae) Frederick H. Rindge. 1974. American Museum Novitates 2561: 1-24.

Contributed by Joyce Gross on 31 October, 2006 - 9:28pm
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy, Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 22 February, 2018 - 4:28pm

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