Oxydia vesulia | |
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Spurge spanworm moth O. vesulia Mount Totumas cloud forest, Panama | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Geometridae |
Genus: | Oxydia |
Species: | O. vesulia
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Binomial name | |
Oxydia vesulia (Cramer, 1779)
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Synonyms | |
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Oxydia vesulia, the spurge spanworm moth, is a species of geometrid moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in the Caribbean Sea, Central America, North America, and South America.
The MONA or Hodges number for Oxydia vesulia is 6967.
Subspecies
These three subspecies belong to the species Oxydia vesulia:
- Oxydia vesulia alternata Warren, 1905
- Oxydia vesulia transponens Walker, 1860
- Oxydia vesulia vesulia (Cramer, 1779)
References
- ^ a b "Oxydia vesulia Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ "Oxydia vesulia". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ "Oxydia vesulia species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ "North American Moth Photographers Group, Oxydia vesulia". Retrieved 2019-09-23.
Further reading
- Pohl, Greg; Patterson, Bob; Pelham, Jonathan (2016). Annotated taxonomic checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico (Report). doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.2186.3287.
External links
- Media related to Oxydia vesulia at Wikimedia Commons