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Species Entephria separata - Hodges#7306.2

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Moth - Entephria separata Could be Entephria sp.? - Entephria separata
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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 Entephria
Species separata (Entephria separata - Hodges#7306.2)

Hodges Number

7306.2

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Entephria separata Troubridge, 1997 (1)
Synonyms
Philereme multivagata Hulst, Forbes 1928
Entephria aurata Packard, Forbes 1948

Range

Northeastern North America. (2), (3)
The Geometroidea Canada listed Newfoundland, Labrador, Nova Scotia, Quebec, and Ontario.
A single specimen was collected on the top of Mount Mitchell in the Southern Appalachian Mountains. PDF
Holotype ♂, Meech Lake, Quebec, Canada. 24-VII-1931, Bames Coli, in USNM (National Museum of Natural History).

Season

The main flight period is June and July. (4), (5), (6)

Food

Vaccinium L. (blueberry) (Ericaceae). (6)

Life Cycle

One generation per year. (6)

Print References

Troubridge, J.T., 1996. Revision of the Nearctic species of the genus Entephria Hübner (Lepidoptera: Geometridae, Larentiinae). Insect Systematics & Evolution, 28(2): 121-139. (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (5)
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (4)
Lepbarcoding.org
Moths of Canada(2)

Works Cited

1.Revision of the Nearctic species of the genus Entephria (Hübner) Lepidoptera: Geometridae, Larentiinae
J. T. Troubridge. 1996. Insect Systematics & Evolution, 28(2): 121-139.
2.Moths of Canada (Larentiinae: Hydriomenini)
J. T. Troubridge, J. D. Lafontaine . 2004. Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility.
3.Assessment of species diversity in the Atlantic Maritime Ecozone
McAlpine D.F., Smith I.M. (eds.). 2010. Canadian Science Publishing (NRC Research Press). 785 pp.
4.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
5.North American Moth Photographers Group
6.Macrolepidoptera of Mont Saint-Hilaire Region
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 21 November, 2013 - 12:42am
Last updated 21 September, 2014 - 8:54pm

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