Oxydia vesulia

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.[1][2][3]

Oxydia vesulia
Spurge spanworm moth
O. vesulia
Mount Totumas cloud forest, Panama
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Oxydia
Species:
O. vesulia
Binomial name
Oxydia vesulia
(Cramer, 1779)
Synonyms[1]
  • Oxydia aromata Druce, 1892
  • Oxydia vesuliata Guenée in Boisduval and Guenée, 1858

The MONA or Hodges number for Oxydia vesulia is 6967.[4]

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

  1. "Oxydia vesulia Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  2. "Oxydia vesulia". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  3. "North American Moth Photographers Group, Oxydia vesulia". Retrieved 2019-09-23.

Further reading


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