Overview
Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Early Thorn, Kent's Geometer, Lunar Thorn, Northern Selenia, Purple Thorn
Description
Family Geometridae
'The Geometer Moths are the second largest family
of moths in North America. This family includes many serious agricultural and forest
pests. These moths are small to medium in size, with slender bodies and broad wings
. On average, the wingspan of these moths is 1-6 cm, though the females of some species lack wings entirely. Larvae are usually twiglike and lack the first 2-3 pairs of prolegs. They move by extending the front of the body as far forward as possible, then bringing the rear
of the body up to meet it; this is how they have gotten the name
"inchworm" or "measuringworm." Larvae usually feed
externally on leaves and pupate in loose
cocoons
in leaf litter
or soil.
'[1]
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 2,500 meters (0 to 8,202 feet).[2]
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Protostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Ecdysozoa
()
- A.M.A. Aguinaldo et al., 1997 ex T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Superphylum:
Panarthropoda
()
- Cuvier
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
()
- Latreille, 1829
- Arthropods
- Subphylum:
Mandibulata
()
- Snodgrass, 1938
- Infraphylum:
Atelocerata
()
- Heymons, 1901
- Superclass:
Panhexapoda
()
- Epiclass:
Hexapoda
()
- Subclass:
Dicondylia
()
- Infraclass:
Pterygota
()
- Cohort:
Myoglossata
()
- Superorder:
Amphiesmenoptera
()
- Order:
Lepidoptera
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- Butterflies and Moths
- Infraorder:
Heteroneura
()
- Superfamily:
Geometroidea
()
- Family:
Geometridae
()
-
- Geometrid Moths
- Genus:
Sebastosema
()
- Specific name:
bubonaria
- Warren 1896
- Scientific name: - Sebastosema bubonaria Warren 1896
- Specific name:
bubonaria
- Warren 1896
- Genus:
Sebastosema
(
- Family:
Geometridae
(
- Superfamily:
Geometroidea
(
- Infraorder:
Heteroneura
(
- Order:
Lepidoptera
(
- Superorder:
Amphiesmenoptera
(
- Cohort:
Myoglossata
(
- Infraclass:
Pterygota
(
- Subclass:
Dicondylia
(
- Epiclass:
Hexapoda
(
- Superclass:
Panhexapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Atelocerata
(
- Subphylum:
Mandibulata
(
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
(
- Superphylum:
Panarthropoda
(
- Infrakingdom:
Ecdysozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name .
Similar Species
Members of the genus Sebastosema
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Further Reading
- On Lepidoptera Heterocera from China, Japan, and Corea. London, 1897? url p. 246.
- The Macrolepidoptera of the world; a systematic description of the hitherto known Macrolepidoptera, ed. in collaboration with well-known specialists. Stuttgart: Seitz'schen (Kernen), 1906- url p. 357.
Notes
Contributors
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 16, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 9 providers.
- LepIndex: The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Release date: June 15, 2005
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 5504549
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Lep-244778.0
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 189310
- Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: IILEU3A020
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1647897
Footnotes
- http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/taxonomy?f=80&sci=Geometridae&com=Geometer Moths, Looper Moths [back]
- Mean = 323.390 meters (1,060.991 feet), Standard Deviation = 370.390 based on 4,904 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
