Thallophaga hyperborea | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Geometridae |
Genus: | Thallophaga |
Species: | T. hyperborea |
Binomial name | |
Thallophaga hyperborea Hulst, 1900 | |
Thallophaga hyperborea, the northern thallophaga, is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by George Duryea Hulst in 1900, and it can be found in the Canadian province of British Columbia.
The wingspan is 30–37 millimetres (1.2–1.5 in). The moths fly from April to May depending on the location.
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The pine beauty is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is a common species of pine woods in Europe. The distribution area extends from Portugal to western Siberia, the Caucasus and Asia Minor. In the north it extends to the Arctic Circle, in the south it is found in Ceuta in Northern Africa in and southern Italy.
Aethaloida is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae erected by James Halliday McDunnough in 1920. Its only species, Aethaloida packardaria, was first described by George Duryea Hulst in 1888. It is found in the US state of California.
Coryphista is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae erected by George Duryea Hulst in 1896. The genus may be considered to be a synonym of Rheumaptera. Its only species, Coryphista meadii, the barberry geometer moth or barberry looper, was first described by Alpheus Spring Packard in 1874. It is found in the United States and southern Canada.
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Holochroa is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae. Its only species, Holochroa dissociarius, is found in North America. The species was described by George Duryea Hulst in 1887 and he described the genus nine years later in 1896.
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Scopula ancellata, the angled wave moth or pointed-winged wave, is a moth of the family Geometridae. It was described by George Duryea Hulst in 1887. It is found in North America from Quebec west to the Northwest Territories and British Columbia and south to Michigan, Indiana and Arizona. The habitat consists of mixed wood and coniferous forests.
Eupithecia nimbicolor is a moth in the family Geometridae first described by George Duryea Hulst in 1896. It is found in North America from eastern Newfoundland and Labrador to western British Columbia and from Alaska to Arizona.
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Eupithecia lachrymosa is a moth in the family Geometridae first described by George Duryea Hulst in 1900. It is found in North America from central Saskatchewan west to southern Vancouver Island, north to British Columbia and Alberta and south to California.
Eupithecia stellata is a moth in the family Geometridae first described by George Duryea Hulst in 1896. It is found in North America from central Manitoba to northern Alberta and south to California and Mexico.
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