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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 » Ourapterygini » Philtraea » Philtraea elegantaria - Hodges#6845 (Philtraea elegantaria)

Species Philtraea elegantaria - Hodges#6845

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Range · Season · See Also · 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 Ourapterygini
Genus Philtraea
Species elegantaria (Philtraea elegantaria - Hodges#6845)
Hodges Number
6845
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Philtraea elegantaria (Hy. Edwards, 1881)
Zerene elegantaria Edwards, 1881
Size
Edwards (1881) listed 1.2" wingspan.
Range
Southern California and Arizona.
Holotype ♂ from Tucson, Arizona.
Season
April to September.
See Also
Print References
Buckett, J.S., 1970 (1971). Revision of the Nearctic genus Philtraea Hulst, with notes on biology and the descriptions of new species (Geometridae). Journal of Research on Lepidoptera 9(1): 29-64. (1)
Edwards, H., 1881. Descriptions of some new species of Heterocera. Papilio., 1: 121.
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (2)
Friends' Central School Lepidoptera Research
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (3)
Works Cited
1.Revision of the Nearctic genus Philtraea Hulst, with notes on biology and the descriptions of new species (Geometridae).
John S. Buckett. 1970. Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera, 9(1): 29-64.
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
3.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 6 November, 2013 - 9:48pm
Last updated 26 April, 2014 - 3:00pm

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