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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 » Besma » Besma sesquilinearia - Hodges#6887 (Besma sesquilinearia)

Species Besma sesquilinearia - Hodges#6887

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

Besma sesquilinearia larva Day 14 - Besma sesquilinearia

Besma sesquilinearia larva Day 21 - Besma sesquilinearia

Orange moth - Besma sesquilinearia - 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 Ourapterygini

Genus Besma

Species sesquilinearia (Besma sesquilinearia - Hodges#6887)

Hodges Number

6887

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Besma sesquilinearia (Grote(1), 1883)

Endropia sesquilinearia Grote, 1883

Synonyms

Euchlaena sesquilinearia Hulst, 1903

Destutia sesquilinearia McDunnough, 1938

Size

Capps (1943) reported the wingspan. (2)

♂ 42-45 mm.

♀ 37-45 mm.

Grote (1883) reported a wingspan of 42 mm.

Identification

Capps (1943) reported the early season (May) specimens are more densely sprinkled with fuscous and have a larger wingspan (43-45 mm.) than those taken from June to September (32-38 mm.)

Range

Arizona, Mew Mexico. (3)

Season

The flight period appears to be March to August. (3)

Capps (1943) collected specimens in March, May and June to August in Cochise County, Arizona. (2)

Food

Capps (1943) reported the host plant unknown. (2)

Print References

Capps, H.W., 1943. Some American geometrid moths of the subfamily Ennominae heretofore associated with or closely related to Ellopia Treitschke. Proceedings of The United States National Museum. 93: 136. (2)

Grote, A.R., 1883. New species and notes on structure of moths and genera. The Canadian Entomologist. 15: 125.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (3)

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (4)

Works Cited

1.	Augustus Radcliffe Grote, Lepidopterist (1841-1903)

2.	Some American geometrid moths of the subfamily Ennominae heretofore associated with or closely related to Ellopia (Treitschke) Hahn W. Capps. 1943. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 93(3159): 115-151.

3.	North American Moth Photographers Group

4.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 20 November, 2013 - 8:55pm
Additional contributions by john and jane balaban
Last updated 8 September, 2017 - 2:08pm

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