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Species Glena plumosaria - Plumose Gray - Hodges#6452

Plumose Gray - Hodges#6452 - Glena plumosaria - female Glena plumosaria – Dainty Gray Moth also known as the Plumose Gray - Glena plumosaria - female Moth to porch light - Glena plumosaria Ridged Moth? - Glena plumosaria - male Anavitrinella pampinaria? - Glena plumosaria - female Glena plumosaria? - Glena plumosaria - female unknown geometer - Glena plumosaria Moth to porch light - Glena plumosaria - 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 Boarmiini
Genus Glena
Species plumosaria (Plumose Gray - Hodges#6452)
Hodges Number
6452
Other Common Names
Dainty Gray
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Glena plumosaria (Packard, 1874)
Cymatophora plumosaria Packard, 1874
Boarmia plumosaria
Ectropis plumosaria
Cleora plumosaria
Monroa plumosaria
Anacamptodes plumosaria
Explanation of Names
Gray is a common name that Covell (1984) applied to a number of Geomentrid genera including Glena. (1)
Size
Forewing length: ♂ 13 - 14 mm, ♀ 16 mm. (2)
Range
Eastern North America.
Type Locality: Demopolis, Marengo County, Alabama.
See Also
Glena quinquelinearia
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group
Works Cited
1.Field Guide to Moths of Eastern North America
Charles V. Covell, Jr. 2005.
2.A revision of the Nearctic species of the genus Glena (Lepidoptera: Geometridae)
Frederick H. Rindge. 1965. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 129(3).
Contributed by Ethan Kistler on 19 February, 2007 - 11:43am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, Jason D. Roberts, Randy Hardy
Last updated 8 June, 2015 - 11:14pm

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