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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Geometrid and Swallowtail Moths (Geometroidea) » Geometrid Moths (Geometridae) » Larentiinae » Xanthorhoini » Orthonama

Genus Orthonama

Classification · Numbers · Identification · Range · Remarks · Internet References
The Gem - Hodges#7414 - Orthonama obstipata - female Orthonama? - Orthonama obstipata - female moth - Orthonama obstipata The Gem - Orthonama obstipata - female The Gem Moth - Orthonama obstipata Bent-line carpet moth? - Orthonama obstipata - male Orthonama evansi - female Unknown moth - Orthonama obstipata - 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 Larentiinae
Tribe Xanthorhoini
Genus Orthonama
Numbers
2 species in North America
2 species in Canada
Identification
Typical of the subfamily Larentiinae, Orthonama species have banded forewings, drab hindwings, and slender bodies in comparison to wing size, making the moth appear fragile. (CBIF)
Range
North America east of the Rockies
(O. obstipata is holarctic)
Remarks
the former O. centrostrigaria (Bent-line Carpet) was placed in the genus Costaconvexa by Malcolm Scoble et al in 1999 (Geometrid Moths of the World)
Internet References
pinned adult images of both North American species (CBIF)
O. obstipata adult images of the sexually dimorphic male & female (Larry Line)
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 9 January, 2005 - 12:54pm
Additional contributions by marcie oconnor
Last updated 9 March, 2018 - 1:42pm

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