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Species Scopula frigidaria - Frigid wave moth - Hodges#7166

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · 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 Sterrhinae
Tribe Scopulini
Genus Scopula
Species frigidaria (Frigid wave moth - Hodges#7166)
Hodges Number
7166
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Scopula frigidaria (Möschler, 1860)
Acidalia frigidaria Möschler, 1860
Synonyms
Acidalia schoeyeni Sparre-Schneider, 1883
A. arcticaria Walker, 1863
A. defixaria Walker, 1861
A. impauperata Walker, 1861
A. okakaria Packard, 1867
Numbers
There are 25 species of the genus Scopula in America north of Mexico. (1),(2)
Size
Wingspan 21–23 mm.
Range
Scopula frigidaria occurs in Alaska, across all of Canada and Wisconsin to Newfoundland. (2)(3)(4)
Season
The main flight is June to August. (2)
Food
The host plant for the larvae is Vaccinium myrtillus L. (whortleberry).
Print References
Ehrlich, P.R., 1958. Lepidoptera collected in the Tundra-taiga Ecotone at Kotzebue, Alaska. Entomological News, 69: 18.
Morris, R.F., 1980. Butterflies and Moths of Newfoundland and Labrador : The Macrolepidoptera. Agriculture Canada, 205; plate 26, fig. 19. (4)
Möschler, 1860. Wiener Entomologische Monatschrift, 44.
Riotte, J.C.E., 1992. Annotated list of Ontario Lepidoptera. Royal Ontario Museum. 71.(3)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (2)
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Butterflies and Moths of North America (BAMONA) (5)
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (6)
Works Cited
1.Check list of the Lepidoptera of America north of Mexico.
Hodges, et al. (editors). 1983. E. W. Classey, London. 284 pp.
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
3.Annotated list of Ontario Lepidoptera
J. C. E. Riotte. 1992. Royal Ontario Museum 1-208.
4.Butterflies and moths of Newfoundland and Labrador the macrolepidoptera
Ray F. Morris. 1980. Agriculture Canada 1691: 374-379.
5.Butterflies of North America
6.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 16 October, 2013 - 2:43am
Last updated 23 October, 2013 - 10:42am

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