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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Geometrid and Swallowtail Moths (Geometroidea) » Geometrid Moths (Geometridae) » Larentiinae » Hydriomenini » Hydriomena » Hydriomena macdunnoughi - Hodges#7255 (Hydriomena macdunnoughi)

Species Hydriomena macdunnoughi - Hodges#7255

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

Hydriomena macdunnoughi - Hodges #7255 - Hydriomena macdunnoughi

possible Hydriomena macdunnoughi - Hydriomena macdunnoughi

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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 Larentiinae

Tribe Hydriomenini

Genus Hydriomena

Species macdunnoughi (Hydriomena macdunnoughi - Hodges#7255)

Hodges Number

7255

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Hydriomena macdunnoughi Swett, 1918

Size

Powell & Opler (2009) listed the wingspan 14-16 mm. (1)

Identification

Swett (1918) original description is available online in the print references.

ID confirmed by Chuck Harp.

Range

Powell & Opler (2009) reported the range to include Yukon Territory to western Alberta(2) and Colorado. (1)

Season

Powell & Opler (2009) reported a June to mid-July flight period. (1)

Moth Photographers Group displays April to July records. (3)

Food

Powell & Opler (2009) listed Salix (willow). (1)

Print References

Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America. University of California Press, pl. 31, fig. 50; p. 224. (1)

Swett, L.W., 1918. Geometrid notes--Hyrdriomena. The Canadian Entomologist, 50(9): 296.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (3)

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (4)

E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Works Cited

1.	Moths of Western North America Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.

2.	An annotated list of the Lepidoptera of Alberta, Canada Gregory R. Pohl, Gary G. Anweiler, B. Christian Schmidt, Norbert G. Kondla. 2010. ZooKeys 38: 1–549.

3.	North American Moth Photographers Group

4.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 21 October, 2013 - 8:18am
Last updated 27 November, 2013 - 9:18pm

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