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 | |
|---|---|
.jpg)
| |
| 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
|
| Binomial name | |
| Oxydia vesulia (Cramer, 1779)
| |
| Synonyms[1] | |
| |
Subspecies
editThese three subspecies belong to the species Oxydia vesulia:
- Oxydia vesulia alternata Warren, 1905
- Oxydia vesulia transponens Walker, 1860
- Oxydia vesulia vesulia (Cramer, 1779)
References
edit- ^ 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
edit- 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
edit
Media related to Oxydia vesulia at Wikimedia Commons
.jpg){kind=small} | This Ourapterygini-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |