Rufous Geometer Moth Xanthotype rufaria Swett, 1918    Synonyms: Hodges #6742.
Kingdom Animalia   >   Phylum Arthropoda   >   Class Insecta   >   Order Lepidoptera   >   Family Geometridae   >   Genus Xanthotype   

Status:

"Locally frequent. Fourteen specimens at light in the tidal marshes of eastern Dorchester County, mostly along the Nanticoke and Transquaking Rivers, and one taken in the Chicamuxen WMA, Charles Co. May 11-August 20. This is a southern species, superficially like urticaria, but with dissimilar male genitalia" (Glaser et al., 2005).

There are 5 records in the project database.

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A Rufous Geometer Moth collected by John Glaser in Dorchester Co., Maryland (8/20/1996). Photo by Larry Line. (MBP list)


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