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Species Leptostales pannaria - Pannaria Wave Moth - Hodges#7173

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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 Leptostales
Species pannaria (Pannaria Wave Moth - Hodges#7173)
Hodges Number
7173
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Leptostales pannaria (Guenee)
Orig. Comb: Acidalia pannaria Guenee 1857
Size
wingspan about 15 mm.
Range
TX-FL-NC-OK (strayed to NJ (1)) / W. Indies - Map (MPG data)
Food
Ragweed (Ambrosia species).