Moths of Southeastern Arizona:

Geometridae (inch-worm and looper moths)

1. Ennominae [ 249 Species listed, 208 figured]
2. Geometrinae (Green geometrids) [30 Species listed, 29 figured]
3. Sterrhinae [ 28 Species listed, 27 figured]
4. Larentiinae [ 122 Species listed, 92 figured]

References:

1. Ferguson, D. C. 2008. Moths of North America, Fascicle 17.2: Geometroidea: Geometridae
2. Scoble, M. J. (1999). Geometrid Moths of the World: A Catalogue (2 Volumes). CSIRO.
3. Packard. 1876 Report US Geol. Geog. Surv. Tert. (Mon. Geom., Moths US) 10.

Subfamily Ennominae

1. Taeniogramma quadrilinea (Schaus, 1901) [ MONA 6359 ]
2. Taeniogramma otcolineata [ MONA 6423 ]
3. Taeniogramma mendicata [ MONA 6424 ]
4. Taeniogramma tenebrosata [ MONA 6425 ]

1. Helimoata cycladata G. & R. 1866 [ MONA 6262 ]
   Syn: Helimoata fulliola B. & McD. 1917

Tribe Semiothisini

1. Itame sulphurea [ MONA 6283 ]
2. Itame plumosata B. & McD. 1917 [ MONA 6296 ]
   Description: Contrib. Nat. His. N. Amer. Lep. 3: 237
   Type location: Palmerlee (Huachuca Mts.)
   Foodplants:
   1. Acer
3. Itame perornata B. & McD. 1916 [ MONA 6300 ]
   Description: Contrib. Nat. His. N. Amer. Lep. 3: 26
   Type location: Redington (Pima Co.)
4. Itame trilineraria (Grossbeck 1910) [ MONA 6302 ]
   Description: J. NY Ent. Sco. 18: 205
   Type location: Redington (Pima Co.), Palmerlee (Huachuca Mts.)
5. Itame colata (Grote 1881) [ MONA 6308 ]
   Description: Papilio 1: 167
   Type location: Tucson
6. Itame graphidaria [ MONA 6311 ]
7. Itame sobriaria B. & McD. 1917 [ MONA 6312 ]
   Description: Contrib. Nat. His. N. Amer. Lep. 3: 239
   Type location: Redington (Pima Co.)
8. Itame simpliciata B. & McD. 1918 [ MONA 6316 ]
   Description: Contrib. Nat. His. N. Amer. Lep. 4: 150
   Type location: Paradise (Chirichahua Mts.)
9. Itame pallipennata (B. & McD. 1912) [ MONA 6317 ]
   Description: Can. Ent. 44: 126
   Type location: Redington (Pima Co.)
10. Elpiste metanemaria [ MONA 6325 ]
    Foodplants:
    1. Baccharis sarothroides (Ken Kingsley, pers com.)
11. Macaria aemulataria [ MONA 6326 ]
12. Macaria aspirata[ MONA 6328 ]
    Foodplants:
    1. Walnut ( Juglans major)
13. Macaria abydata [ MONA 6332 ]
    Formely known as Semiothisa punctolineata
14. Macaria everiata errata [ MONA 6333 ]
15. Semiothisa bisignata [ MONA 6342 ]
16. Macaria unipunctaria [ MONA 6346 ]
17. Semiothisa quadrifasciata (Taylor 1906) [ MONA 6359 ]
    Description: Ent. News 17: 6
    Type location: Cochise Co.
18. Semiothisa excurvata [ MONA 6363 ]
19. Semiothisa nigroalbana [ MONA 6367 ]
20. Semiothisa curvata [ MONA 6370 ]
21. Digrammia pictipennata [ MONA 6372 ]
22. Semiothisa denticulata ? [ MONA 6373 ]
23. Semiothisa delectata [ MONA 6374 ]
24. Digrammia septemberata [ MONA 6375 ]
    Type location: Paradise (Chirichahua Mts.)
25. Semiothisa californiaria [ MONA 6380 ]
26. Digrammia colorata [ MONA 6381 ]
    Foodplants:
    1. Larrea (Scoble 1999)
27. Semiothisa pervolata [ MONA 6383 ]
28. Digrammia triviata [ MONA 6385 ]
    Type location: Chirichahua Mts
    Foodplants:
    1. Juniper
29. Digrammia imparilata Ferguson
30. Semiothisa arubrescens [ MONA 6389 ]
31. Semiothisa yapiya [ MONA 6393 ]
    Foodplants:
    1. Robinia
32. Semiothisa irrorata [ MONA 6395 ]
33. Semiothisa neptaria [ MONA 6396 ]
34. Semiothisa fieldi [ MONA 6402 ]
35. Semiothisa minuta [ MONA 6403 ]
36. Semiothisa parcata [ MONA 6406 ]
37. Semiothisa pallidata [ MONA 6410 ]
    Foodplants:
    1. Larrca
38. Semiothisa sirenata McDunnough 1939 [ MONA 6411 ]
    Description: Can. Ent. 71: 254
    Type location: Baboquivari Mts.
39. Semiothisa s-signata [ MONA 6414 ]
40. Semiothisa cyda [ MONA 6415 ]
    Foodplants:
    1. Penstemon (Ken Kingsley, pers com.)
    2. Mesquite catkins (Smithsonian data)
41. Semiothisa ballandrata [ MONA 6416 ]
    Type location of synon. sp. S. melandeer Sperry 1948 is Baboquivari Mts.
42. Digrammia hypaethrata [ MONA 6417 ]
    Type location: Tucson
43. Enconista dislocaria malefactoria (B. & McD. 1917 ) [ MONA 6419a ]
    Description: Cont. Nat. His. N. Am. Lep 3: 234
    Type location: Paradise (Chirichahua Mts), Redington (Pima Co), Baboquivari Mts.
44. Narraga fimetaria [ MONA 6420 ]

Tribe Boarmiini

References:

1. Rindge, Fredrick H. 1954. A revision of the genus Tornos Morrison. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. His. 104: 177-236, figs. 1-35. pdf file (17 MB)
2. Rindge, Fredrick H. 1959. A revision of the Glaucna, Synglochis, and Eubarnesa. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. His. 118 (6): 259--366, figs 1-106, pls 23-27. pdf file (29 MB)
3. Rindge, Fredrick H. 1965. A revision of the Nearctic species of the genus Glena. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. His. 129: 265 - 306, figs. 1-28. pdf file (26 MB)
4. Rindge, Fredrick H. 1966. A revision of the moth genus Anacamptodes. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. His. 132: 175-244, figs. 1-53, pls. 22-25. pdf file (35 MB)
5. Rindge, Fredrick H. 1968. A revision of the moth genus Stenoporpia. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. His. 140: 65-134, figs. 1-14, pls. 3-16. pdf file (32 MB)
6. Rindge, Fredrick H. 1972. A revision of the moth genus Mericisca. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. His. 149: 341-406, figs. 1-86, tables 1, 2. [ Also covers the genera Parapheromia, Tracheops, and Prionomelia. ] pdf file (29 MB)
7. Rindge, Fredrick H. 1973. A revision of the moth genera Nepterotaea and Chesiadodes. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. His. 152 (4): 205-252, figs 1-64. pdf file (24 MB)

Species list:

1. Pimaphera percata Cassino & Swett 1927 [ MONA 6441 ]
   Description: Lepid. 4: 81
   Type location: Baboquivari Mts.
2. Sperrya cervula Rindge 1958 [ MONA 6442 ]
   Description: AMNH Nov. 1872: 8 (Figures 5, 15-17)
   Type location: Patagonia Mts.
3. Glena grisearia [ MONA 6445 ] ( variant)
   Foodplants:
   1. Quercus
4. Glena furfuraria [ MONA 6446 ] ( close-up)
5. Glena arcana [ MONA 6447 ]
   Type location: Huachuca Mts.
6. Glena nigricaria [ MONA 6448 ] ( close-up)
   Type location: Palmerlee (Huachuca Mts.)
   Foodplants:
   1. Pinus
   2. Pseudotsuga
7. Glena cognataria [ MONA 6450 ]
8. Glena interpunctata [ MONA 6451 ]
   Type location: Paradise (Chirichahua Mts.)
   Foodplants:
   1. Juiperus deppena
9. Glena macdunnoughharia kirkwoodaria [ MONA 6454a ] ( close-up)
   Type location: Madera Canyon (Santa Rita Mts.)
10. Stenoporpia pulchella (Grossbeck 1909) [ MONA 6455 ] ( close-up)
    Type location: Santa Catalina Mts.
    Males of Glena have a long terminal seta at the apex of each pectination. Males of Stenoporia have seae all of the same size
11. Stenoporpia asymmetra Rindge 1959 [ MONA 6457 ]
    Description: AMNH Nov. 1968: 15 (Figs 12, 13)
    Type location: Pinery Canyon (Chirichahua Mts.)
12. Stenoporpia dionaria [ MONA 6458 ]
    Type location: Palmerlee (Huachuca Mts.)
13. Stenoporpia mediatra Rindge 1959 [ MONA 6460 ]
    Description: AMNH Nov. 1872: 19 (Figs 7, 18-20)
    Type location: Pinery Canyon (Chirichahua Mts.)
14. Stenoporpia dissonaria [ MONA 6461 ]
    Possible miss-ID: Rindge (1968) maps show only from W. Texas, Central NM.
15. Stenoporpia anastomosaria [ MONA 6462 ]
    Type location: Palmerlee (Huachuca Mts.)
    Foodplants:
    1. Quercus (Scoble 1999)
16. Stenoporpia pulmonaria (Grote 1881) [ MONA 6463 ]
    Type location: Tucson (Santa Catalina Mts.)
    Foodplants:
    1. Pinus (Scoble 1999)
17. Stenoporpia purpuraria [ MONA 6464 ]
18. Stenoporpia vernalella McDunnough 1940 [ MONA 6466 ]
    Description: Can. Ent. 72: 91 (Figured plate 7, fig. 4)
    Type location: Cave Creek(Chirichahua Mts.)
    Foodplants:
    1. Pinus (Scoble 1999)
19. Stenoporpia anellula [ MONA 6468 ]
    Possible miss-ID: Rindge (1968) maps show only from Central Arizona, Eastern NM.
20. Stenoporpia macdunnoughi [ MONA 6470 ]
21. Stenoporpia glaucomarginariai [ MONA 6472 ]
22. Stenoporpia separataria [ MONA 6473 ]
23. Stenoporpia excelsaria [ MONA 6474 ]
24. Stenoporpia larga Rindge 1968 [ MONA 6475 ]
    Type location: Sierra Vista (Huachuca Mts.)
25. Stenoporpia graciella McDunnough 1940 [ MONA 6476 ]
    Description: Can. Ent. 72: 91 (Figured on Plate 7, fig. 5)
    Type location: Huachuca Mts.
26. Stenoporpia lea Rindge 1968 [ MONA 6477 ]
    Type location: Sierra Vista (Huachuca Mts.)
    Foodplants:
    1. Pseudotsuga
27. Tornos benjamini Cassino & Swett 1925 [ MONA 6483 ]
    Type location: Baboquivari Mts.
28. Tornos erectarius Grossbeck 1909 [ MONA 6484 ]
    Type location: Santa Catalina Mts.; Baboquivari Mts.
29. Glaucina erroraria [ MONA 6488 ]
    Type location: Tucson
30. Glaucina utahensis [ MONA 6490 ]
    Source: Rindge (1959)
31. Glaucina macdunnoughi [ MONA 6492 ]
    Source: Rindge (1959)
32. Glaucina baea [ MONA 6494 ]
    Source: Rindge (1959)
33. Glaucina escaria [ MONA 6495 ]
    Type location: Southern Arizona
34. Glaucina eupetheciaria [ MONA 6496 ]
    Species in SE Arizona:
    1. Glaucina eupetheciaria osiana [ MONA 6496b ]
    2. Glaucina eupetheciaria escariola [ MONA 6496c ]
35. Glaucina interruptaria (Grote 1882) [ MONA 6502 ] ( close-up)
    Description: Can. Ent. 14: 185
    Type location: Arizona
36. Glaucina gonia microgonia [ MONA 6504a ]
37. Glaucina ignavaria (Pearsall 1906) [ MONA 6508 ]
    Description: Sci. Bull. Mus. Brok. Inst. Art & Sci. 1: 208
    Type location: Palmerlee (Huachuca Mts.)
38. Glaucina denticularia [ MONA 6511 ]
    Type location: Chirichahua Mts.
39. Glaucina ochrofuscaria (Grote 1882) [ MONA 6516 ]
    Description: Can. Ent. 14: 186
    Type location: Arizona
40. Glaucina anomala Rindge 1959 [ MONA 6518 ]
    Description: Bull AMNH 118: 341
    Type location: Redington (Pima Co.)
41. Synglochis perumbraria [ MONA 6519 ]
    Foodplants:
    1. Larrea (Ken Kingsley, pers com.)
42. Eubarnesia ritaria ritaria [ MONA 6520 ]
    Type location: Santa Catalina Mts
    Foodplants
    1. Fouquieria splendens (Ken Kingsley, pers com.)
43. Parataucina hulstinoides [ MONA 6521 ]
    Source: Rindge (1959)
44. Nepterotaea diagonalis [ MONA 6522 ]
45. Nepterotaea marjorae Rindge 1973 [ MONA 6523 ]
    Description: Bull. AMNH 152: 216
    Type location: Southwest Research Station (Chirichahua Mts.)
46. Nepterotaea dorotheta Sperry 1949 [ MONA 6525 ]
    Description: Bull So. Cal. Acad. Sci. 48: 8
    Type location: Madera Canyon (Santa Rita Mts.)
47. Nepterotaea memoriata (Pearsall 1906) [ MONA 6527 ]
    Description: Sci. Bull. Mus. Brook. Inst. Arts Sci. 1: 208
    Type location: Palmerlee (Huachuca Mts.)
48. Nepterotaea obliviacata (B. & McD. 1918) [ MONA 6528 ]
    Description: Contr. Nat. His. N. Amer. Lep 4: 152 (Figured Plate 21, fig. 2)
    Type location: Paradise (Chirichahua Mts.)
49. Chesiadodes tubercula Rindge 1973 [ MONA 6532 ]
    Description: Bull Am. Mus. Nat Hs. 152: 237
    Type location: Tucson
50. Chesiadodes polingi [ MONA 6533 ]
    Source: Rindge (1973)
51. Chesiadodes coniferaria (Grossbeck 1912) [ MONA 6535 ]
    Description: Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. His. 31: 399
    Type location: Baboquivari Mts
52. Chesiadodes fusca Rindge 1973 [ MONA 6536 ]
    Description: Bull Am. Mus. Nat Hs. 152: 246
    Type location: Madera Canyon, Santa Rita Mts.
53. Anacamptodes dataria [ MONA 6573 ]
54. Anacamptodes clivinaria MONA 6575 ]
    Ron Wielgus record from NW Tucson, 7 January 2006. Det. Ron Leuschner
55. Anacamptodes obliquaria [ MONA 6577 ]
56. Anacamptodes sancta Rindge 1973 [ MONA 6579 ]
    Description: Bull AMNH 132: 201
    Type location: Chirichahua National Monument
57. Iridopsis emasculata [ MONA 6589 ]
58. Anavitrinelia pampinaria [ MONA 6590 ]
59. Anavitrinelia astristrigaria [ MONA 6591 ]
60. Anavitrinelia addendaria [ MONA 6592 ]
61. ! Mericisca gracea [ MONA 6605 ]
62. Mericisca perpictaria (B. & McD., 1916) [ MONA 6606 ]
    Source: Rindge (1972)
63. Mericisca scobina Rindge 1958 [ MONA 6607 ]
64. Parapheromia cassinoi McDunnough 1927 [ MONA 6608 ]
    Description: Can. Ent. 59: 277
    Type location: Paradise (Chirichahua Mts.)
65. Parapheromia lichenaria (Pearsall 1906) [ MONA 6609 ]
    Description: Sci. Bull. Mus. Brook. Int. Arts Sci. 1: 208
    Type location: Palmerlee ((Huachuca Mts.) )
66. Parapheromia scobina Rindge, 1972 [ MONA 6610 ]
    Source: Rindge (1972)
67. Parapheromia configurata (Hulst, 1898) [ MONA 6611 ]
68. Parapheromia falsata McDunnough 1927 [ MONA 6612 ]
    Description: Bull Dep. Ag. Can. Ent.Brch 18: 18 (Figured on plate 7, fig. 9)
    Type location: Palmerlee (Huachuca Mts. )
69. Prionomelia spododea [ MONA 6613 ]
    Possible Mis-ID Check range maps vs. Rindge 1972
70. Prionomelia ceraea (Rindge, 1958) [ MONA 6614 ]
    Source: Rindge 1972
71. Tracheops bolteri [ MONA 6615 ]
72. Melanchroia chephise [ MONA 6616 ]
    • Day flier. Cliff Ferris record: Cochise Co., Ash Cyn., 12 Oct., 2007

Tribe Melanolophiini

References:

1. Rindge, Fredrick H. 1964a. A revision of the genera Anavinemina and Vinemina. Am. Mus. Novitates 2172: 1-40, figs 1-26. pdf file (3.5 MB)
2. Rindge, Fredrick H. 1964b. A revision of the genera Carphoides, Paraphoides, and Galenara. Am. Mus. Novitates 2189: 1-53, figs 1-33. pdf file (4.3 MB)
3. Rindge, Fredrick H. 1990. A revision of the Melanolophiini. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. His. 199 (6): 1-147, figs. 1-174. pdf file (47 MB)

Species list:

1. Carphoides setigera Rindge 1957 [ MONA 6623 ]
   Description: Am, Mus. Nat. His. Nov. 1872: 16
   Type location: Piney Canyon (Chirichahua Mts)
2. Carphoides inconspicuaria [ MONA 6625 ]
   Type location: Paradise (Chirichahua Mts.)
   Foodplants:
   1. Arizona Oak ( Quercus arisonica)
3. Galenara lattlata [ MONA 6628 ]
   Possible Mis-ID: Rindge (1964b) range maps show only from White Mts.
4. Galenara glaucaria [ MONA 6629 ]
   Type location: Redington (Pima Co.)
5. Galenara lixaria [ MONA 6630 ]
   Type location: Santa Catalina Mts.
6. Galenara lixarioides [ MONA 6631 ]
   Type location: Santa Catalina Mts.
7. Galenara stenomacra [ MONA 6632 ]
8. Galenara olivacea [ MONA 6633 ]
   Type location: Pinery Canyon (Chirichahua Mts.)
9. Astalostesia hollandi Rindge 1990 [ NO MONA ]
   • Ferris record for Arizona (see photo). Known only previously from holotype from Sonora.
10. Vinemina perdita Guedet 1939 [ MONA 6634 ]
    Description: Pan-Pacif. Ent. 15: 34
    Type location: Fly's Peak (Chirichahua Mts.)
11. Vinemina opacaria [ MONA 6635 ]
12. Vinemina catalina McDunnough 1945 [ MONA 6636 ]
    Description: Can. Ent. 77: 98 (Fig 4)
    Type location: Santa Catalina Mts.
13. Anavinemina acomos Rindge 1990 [ no MONA ]
    Description: Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. His. 199: 44 (figures 55, 56, 67)
    Type location: Fly's Peak (Chirichahua Mts.)

Tribe Bistonini

1. ! Biston betularia cognataria [ MONA 6640 ]
   Early Stages:
   1. last instar: Thomas photo 1 -- Thomas photo 2
2. Biston multidentata (Guedet 1941) [ MONA 6641 ]
   Description: Pan-Pac. Ent. 17: 191.
   Type location: Fly's Peak (Chirichahua Mts.)
3. Cochisea rigidaria [ MONA 6642 ]
   Type location: Paradise (Chirichahua Mts.)
4. Cochisea barnesi [ MONA 6643 ]
5. Cochisea sinuaria B & McD 1916 [ MONA 6650 ]
   Description: Contr. Nat. His Lep. 3: 29
   Type location: Paradise (Chirichahua Mts.)
   Foodplants:
   1. Rhus
   2. Arctostaphylos
   3. Cercocarpus

Tribe Caberini

References:

1. Rindge, F. H. 1949. A revision of the geometrid moths formerly assigned to Drepanulatrix. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 94 (5) pp 231-298. [ Covers the genera Eudrepanulatrix and Drepanulatrix ] pdf file (16 MB)
2. Rindge, F. H. 1950a. A revision of the geometrid genus Sericosema. Am. Mus. Novitates 1468: 1-30, figs. 1-7. pdf file (2.9 MB)
3. Rindge, F. H. 1950b. A revision of the genus Syrrhodia. Am. Mus. Novitates 1469: 1-26, figs. 1-6. [ Covers the genus Erastria. ] pdf file (2.4 MB)
4. Rindge, F. H. 1955. A revision of some species of Pero from the western United States. Am. Mus. Novitates 1784: 1-19, figs. 1-19. pdf file (2.5 MB)
5. Poole, Robert W. 1987. A taxonomic revision of the new world moth genus Pero. USDA Techincal Bulletin 1698.

Species list:

1. Sericosema wilsonensis meadowsaria Sperry, 1948 [ MONA 6674a ]
   Source: Rindge (1950a)
2. Sericosema simularia [ MONA 6675 ]
   Possible mis-ID Rindge 1950a lists only from coastal California.
3. Eudrepanulatrix rectifascia erubescens
   Source: Rindge (1949)
   Foodplants:
   1. Ceanthous is used by E. rectifascia rectifascia (Rindge 1949)
4. Drepanulatrix hulstii carneolata [ MONA 6683a ]
   Type Location: Redington, Pima Co.
5. Drepanulatrix unicalcararia [ MONA 6682 ]
   Source: Rindge (1949)
   Foodplants:
   1. Ceanthous (Rindge 1949)
6. Drepanulatrix bifilata [ MONA 6684 ]
   Foodplants:
   1. Cercocarpus (Rindge 1949)
7. (*s) Ixala desperaria univoloraria [ MONA 6695a ]
8. Ixala klotsi Sperry 1940 [ MONA 6697 ]
   Description: Can. Ent. 72: 146
   Type location: Baboquivari Mts.
9. Ixala adventaria Pearsall 1906 [ MONA 6698 ]
   Description: Sci. Bul. Brook. Inst. Arts & Sci. 1: 208
   Type location: Palmerlee (Huachuca Mts.)
10. ! Chloraspilates bicoloraria arizonaria [ MONA 6700a ]
11. Chloraspilates minima [ MONA 6701 ]
12. Erastria viridirufaria [ MONA 6703 ]
    Description: Cont. Nat His N. Am Lep. 3:240
    Source: Rindge (1950b)
13. Pterospoda nigrescens [ MONA 6706 ]
14. Pterospoda opuscularia [ MONA 6707 ]
15. Pterospoda kunzei [ MONA 6708 ]
16. ! Stergamatae inornata [ MONA 6709 ]
17. Stergamatae delicata dolliata Grossbeck 1908 [ MONA 6710a ]
    Type location: Palmerlee (Huachuca Mts.)
18. Pero meskaria [ MONA 6747 ]
    Foodplants:
    1. Clematis drummondii (Poole 1987).
19. Pero radiosaria [ MONA 6749 ]
20. Pero inviolata [ MONA 6750 ]
    Type location: Phoenix
21. Pero flavisaria [ MONA 6751 ]
22. Pero gigantea [ MONA 6756 ]
    Foodplants:
    1. Alnus (Scoble 1999)
    2. Ribes (Scoble 1999)
    3. Holodiscus (Scoble 1999)
    4. Pseudotsuga (Poole 1987)
23. Pero modesta [ MONA 6759 ] Ferris picture
    Type location: Palmerlee (Huachuca Mts.)
    Foodplants:
    1. Salix (Poole 1987).
24. Pero behrensaria sperryi [ MONA 6760e ]
    Foodplants:
    1. Juniperus (Scoble 1999)
    2. Pinus (Scoble 1999)
    3. Pseudotsuga (Scoble 1999)
25. Pero occidentalis peplarioides (Hulst, 1898) [ MONA 6761c ] Ferris picture
    Source: Rindge (1955)
26. Pero pima Poole 1987 [ no MONA ]
    Description: Tech. Bull. USDA 1698: 8 (figures 12, 448)
    Type location: Baboquivari Mts.

Tribe Nacophorini

References:

1. Rindge, Fredrick H. 1961. A revision of the Nacophorini. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 123: 87--154. (Covers the genus Phaeoura)
2. Rindge, Fredrick H. 1974a. A revision of the moth genus Gabriola. Am. Mus. Novitates 2550, pp. 1-24, figs. 1-26. pdf file (9.9 MB)
3. Rindge, Fredrick H. 1974b. A revision of the moth genus Animomyia. Am. Mus. Novitates 2561, pp. 1-23, figs. 1-23.
4. Rindge, Fredrick H. 1975. A revision of the moth genus Ceratonyx. Am. Mus. Novitates 2564, pp. 1-30, figs. 1-41. pdf file (16.2 MB)
5. Rindge, Fredrick H. 1983. A generic revision of the new world Nacophorini. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 175: 147--262. pdf file (26 MB)

Species list:

1. ! Phaeoura cristifera [ MONA 6764 ]
   Taxomony:
   Rindge uses Phaeoura in place of the genus name (Nacophora) used in MONA.
   Early Stages:
   Described by Comstock 1959 (Bull So. Cal. Acad. Sci 48; 101-106.)
   Foodplants:
   1. Willow (Salix)
2. Phaeoura kirkwoodi Rindge 1961 [ MONA 6765 ]
   Description: Bull Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 123: 122 (figured Plate 20, fig 7-8)
   Type location: Piney Canyon (Chirichaua Mts)
3. ! Phaeoura mexicanaria [ MONA 6766 ]
   Foodplants:
   1. Pinus ponderosa (Scoble 1999)
4. Phaeoura belua Rindge 1961 [ MONA 6767 ]
   Description: Bull Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 123: 115 (figured Plate 19, fig 11)
   Type location: Southwest Research Station (Chirichaua Mts)
5. Phaeoura perfidaria [ MONA 6768 ]
   Source: Rindge (1961)
6. ! Phaeoura utahensis [ MONA 6769 ]
7. Holochroa dissociaria dissociaria [ MONA 6773 ]
   Foodplants:
   1. Juniperus (Rindge 1983)
8. Hemimorina dissociata MONA 6775 ]
   Ron Wielgus record from NW Tucson, 7 April 2006. Det. Ron Leuschner
9. Papago arizonensis (Capps 1950) [ MONA 6778 ]
   Taxomony: Listed under genus Ceratonyx in MONA
   Description: Bull. So. Cal. Acad. Sci. 49: 12 (figured on plate 4, figs 1-4)
   Type Location: Hereford (Huachuca Mts )
   Foodplants:
   1. Vigueria multiflora
10. Ceratonyx permagnaria (Grossbeck 1912) [ MONA 6779 ]
    female
    Type Location: Chirichahua Mts
11. Gabriola minor Rindge 1974 [ MONA 6784 ]
    Description: Am. Mus Nov. 2550: 18
    Type Location: Santa Catalina Mts.
12. Gabriola regularia [ MONA 6785 ]
    Type Location: Santa Catalina Mts.
13. Yermoia perplexata McDunnough, 1940 [ MONA 6786 ]
14. Animomyia smithii smith [ MONA 6788 ]
    Fooplants:
    1. Franseria dumosa (Source: Rindge 1974)

Tribe Campaeini

1. Campaea perlata [ MONA 6796 ]

Tribe Anagogini

1. Metanema inatomaria [ MONA 6819 ]

Tribe Ourapterygini

Reference:

1. Rindge, Fredrick H. 1976. A revision of the moth genus Plataea. Am. Mus. Novitates 2595: 1-27, figs. 1-42. pdf file (14 MB)
2. Rindge, Fredrick H. 1978. A revision of the genus Sabulodes. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. His. 160 (4): 193--292, figs. 1-154, table 1. pdf file (44 MB)
3. Rindge, Fredrick H. 1980. A revision of the moth genus Somatolophia. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 165 (3): 291--334, fgis. 1-59, table 1, maps 1-3. pdf file (13 MB)
4. Rindge, Fredrick H. 1981. A revision of the moth genera Meris and Nemeris. Am. Mus. Novitates 2710: 1-28, figs. 1-43, maps 1-4. pdf file (11 MB)

Species list:

1. Philtraea elegantaria [ MONA 6845 ]
   Type location: Tucson
   Foodplants:
   1. Little leaf ash (Fraxinus gooddingii: OLEACEAE, BW, Pena Blanca, Aug 2000)
2. Eriplatymetra coloradaria [ MONA 6852 ]
3. Eriplatymetra lentifluta [ MONA 6853 ]
   Description: Cont. Nat. His. N. Am. Lep. 3: 260
   Type location: Redington, Pima Co.
4. Eriplatymetra grotearia [ MONA 6854 ]
   Description: Cont. Nat. His. N. Am. Lep. 3: 260
5. Melemaea virgata [ MONA 6856 ]
   Type location: Huachuca Mts.
6. Lychnosea helveolaria [ MONA 6857 ]
7. Neoterpes ephelidaria [ MONA 6859 ]
8. Neoterpes edwardsata [ MONA 6861 ]
9. Neoterpes graefiaria [ MONA 6862 ]
10. Caripeta aequaliaria [ MONA 6865 ]
    Freguson note in the Smithsonian collections states that Caripeta aequaliaria and Caripeta interalbicans [ MONA 6866 ] ''are the same species. J. G. Franclement has plates of the types, and I saw them. If there is another similiar species, it has no name''
11. ! Caripeta suffusata [ MONA 6865.1 ]
    Type location: Rustler Park, Chirichahua Mts.
12. ! Caripeta pulcherrima [ MONA 6870 ]
    Type location: Cave Creek, Chirichahua Mts.
13. Caripeta hilumaria [ MONA 6871 ]
14. ! Caripeta canidiaria [ MONA 6872 ]
    Type location: Chirichahua Mts.
15. ! Caripeta ocellaria [ MONA 6873 ]
    Foodplants:
    1. Arizona Oak ( Quercus arizonica)
16. Caripeta macularia [ MONA 6874 ]
17. ! Snowia montanaria [ MONA 6875 ]
18. Nemeris speciosa [ MONA 6876 ]
19. Nemeris percne [ MONA 6876.1 ]
20. Nemeris sternitizkyi [ MONA 6876.2 ]
    Type location: Miller Canyon (Huachuca Mts.)
21. Meris paradoxa Rindge 1981 [ MONA 6877 ]
    Description: Am. Mus. Nov. 2710: p. 17 (Fig. 22, 32, 37)
    Type location: Madera Canyon (Santa Rita Mts.)
22. Destutia flumenata [ MONA 6880 ]
23. Destutia novata Grossbeck 1908 [ MONA 6881 ]
    Description: Pro. Ent. Sco. Wash. 10:91
    Type location: Huachuca Mts
24. Destutia oblentaria [ MONA 6882 ]
25. ! Destutia excelsa olivata [ MONA 6883b ]
    Type location: Paradise (Chirichahua Mts.)
26. Besma quercivoraria [ MONA 6885 ]
27. ! Besma rubritincta [ MONA 6886 ]
    Foodplants:
    1. Emory Oak ( Quercus emoryi)
28. ! Besma sesquilinearia [ MONA 6887 ]
29. Lambdina flavilineria [ MONA 6890 ]
    Type location: Palmerlee (Huachuca Mts.)
30. Lambdina laeta [ MONA 6891 ]
31. Lambdina vitraria [ MONA 6895 ]
32. Lambdina phantoma [ MONA 6896 ]
33. Evita hyalinaria [ MONA 6897 ]
34. Nepytia umbrosaria [ MONA 6899 ]
35. Nepytia regulata B. & McD. 1916 [ MONA 6900 ]
    Description: Contr. Nat. His. N. Am. Lep. 3: 26 (Figured plate 2, figure 13)
    Type location: Redington (Pima Co.)
36. Nepytia janetae [ MONA 6902 ]
    Foodplants:
    1. Picea engelmannii (E. Lowry )
    2. Abies bifolia (E. Lowry)
37. Nepytia swetti [ MONA 6905 ]
    Type location: Paradise (Chirichahua Mts.)
38. Nepytia laetula [ MONA 6913 ]
39. Nepytia morsicaria [ MONA 6915 ]
40. Scoriopsis orsona
    Early Stages: pupal shell in nest
41. Sicya macularia [MONA 6912]
42. ! Eucaterva variaria [ MONA 6918 ]
    Early Stages:
    Larva (James Adams photos): top view ---//--- side view 1 ---//--- side view 2
    1. coccon (James Adams photos): coccon ---//--- coccon mass on foodplant
    2. cocoon + eggs
    Foodplants:
    1. Desertwillow (Chilopsis linearis: BIGNONIA)
43. Plataea calcaria [ MONA 6921 ]
44. Plataea trilinearia [ MONA 6926 ]
    Source: Rindge (1976)
45. Eusarca argillaria [ MONA 6929 ]
46. Eusarca galbanaria [ MONA 6930 ]
    Forewing apex of galbanaria vs. detractaria.
47. Eusarca detractaria [ MONA 6931 ]
48. Eusarca lutzi (Wright 1920) [ MONA 6932 ]
    Description: Bull AMNH 42: 489
    Type location: Coyote, Baboquivari Mts.
49. Eusarca venosaria (McDunnough 1940) [ MONA 6937 ]
    Description: Can. Ent. 72: 101
    Type location: Huachuca Mts.
50. Eusarca subcineraria (Grossbeck 1908) [ MONA 6938 ]
    Description: Prod. Ent. Sco. Wash. 10: 88
    Type location: Southern Arizona
51. Eusarca geniculata [ MONA 6939 ]
52. Eusarca tibiaria [ MONA 6940 ]
    Type location: Baboquivari Mts.
53. Eusarca graceiaria (Kirkwood 1951) [ MONA 6942 ]
    Description: Bull. So. Cal. Acad. Sci. 50:99
    Type location: Madera Canyon, Santa Rita Mts.
54. Somatolophia pallescens [ MONA 6946 ]
55. Synaxis undescribed species [ MONA 6953 ]
56. Synaxis triangulata [ MONA 6957 ]
57. Phyllodonta peccataria [ MONA 6973 ]
    Type location: Palmerlee (Huachuca Mts.)
58. Phyllodonta sarukhani Butelspacher (1983)
    An. Inst. Biol. Univ. Nal. Auton. de Mex. 54 (1983), Ser. Zool. (1): 141-151. The male HT is from Cerro del Ajusco, Mexico DF, 3000m, 9 June, 1981, and is placed in the Coleccion Entomologica del Instituto de Biologia de la Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico.
59. ! Prochoerodes forficaria catenulata [ MONA 6981a ]
60. ! Pityeja ornata [ MONA 6984 ]
61. ! Antepione thisoaria [ MONA 6987 ]
62. ! Antepione triangulata [ MONA 6957 ]
    Listed under genus Synaxis in MONA
63. Antepione comstocki Sperry 1939 [ MONA 6988 ]
    Description: Can Ent 71: 262
    probably is a synonym of A. triangulata (D. Ferguson, Nov 2001)
    Type Location: Baboquivari Mts.
64. Antepione imitata [ MONA 6990 ]
65. Antepione ochreata [ MONA 6992 ]
    Foodplants:
    1. Walnut ( Juglans major)
66. Sabulodes dissimilis [ MONA 6996 ]
67. Sabulodes sericeata [ MONA 6997 ]
    Type location: Paradise (Chirichahua Mts.)
68. Sabulodes huachuca Rindge 1978 [ MONA 6998 ]
    Description: Bull. Am. Mues. Nat. Hist. 160: 216 (Figures 117, 118)
    Type location: Miller Canyon (Huachuca Mts.)
69. Sabulodes mabelata [ MONA 6999 ]
70. ! Sabulodes niveostriata [ MONA 7000 ]
71. Sabulodes olifata (Guedet 1939) [ MONA 7001 ]
    Description: Pan-Pac Ent. 15: 31
    Type location: Turkey Flat (Chirichahua Mts.)
    olifata vs. duoangulata side-by-side
72. Sabulodes duoangulata (Cissino & Sweet 1923) [ MONA 7002 ]
    Description: Lepid. 4: 8
    Type location: Palmerlee (Huachuca Mts.)
73. Enypia venata [ MONA 7005 ]
    Similar species: Enypia griseata . In venata , the antemedial crossline extending to discal dot , while the crossline does not extend to discal dot in griseata (McGuffin, 1987). Smithsonian record from Solider Creek, Mt Graham 6 August 1974.
74. Enypia griseata [ MONA 7006 ]
75. Enypia coolidgi [ MONA 7008 ]

Key to species on the genius Nemoria in SE Arizona.

1. Chlorosea roseitacata [ MONA 7015 ]
   Distinguishing feature: Red on the inner margin of the hind wing.
   Type Location: Palmerlee (Huachuca Mts.)
2. Nemoria mutaticolor [ MONA 7017 ]
   Similar species: N. strigataria. In mutaticolor, the postmedial line on the forewing meets the margin at a right angle, and at an oblique angle in strigataria.
   Known from only three specimens: The type (Sierra Madres, Tepic, Mexico) and two Franclemont records for Madera Canyon (Santa Ritas): 5,600 feet on 1 July 1960 and 5,800 feet on 1 July 1963.
3. Nemoria unitaria [ MONA 7018 ]
   Distinguishing feature: U-shaped white line on the hindwing.
4. Nemoria latirosaria [ MONA 7019 ]
   High canyons in Cochise County.
5. Nemoria arizonaria [ MONA 7021 ]
   Taxonomy: Nemoria aemularia [ MONA 7020 ] is a synonym of arizonaria (Ferguson 1985)
   Foodplants:
   1. Oaks (Quercus)
6. Nemoria daedalea [ MONA 7022 ]
   Foodplants:
   1. Oaks (Quercus)
7. Nemoria diamesa [ MONA 7025 ]
   Similar species: N. albaria. In diamesa, the hindwing is unmarked, while it is marked in albaria.
8. Nemoria albaria [ MONA 7026 ]
   Similar species: N. diamesa (MONA 7025)
9. Nemoria darwiniata punctularia [ MONA 7035a ]
   Foodplants:
   1. Oaks (Quercus)
   2. Ceanothus
10. Nemoria zelotes [ MONA 7036 ]
    Type Location: Madera Canyon (Santa Rita Mts.)
11. Nemoria obliqua obliqua [ MONA 7037 ]
    Foodplants:
    1. Rhus trilobata
12. !! Nemoria splendidaria [ MONA 7038 ]
    Only two US records: The type location and one record from Sunnyside Canyon, Huachuca Mts., July 1958.
    Type Location: Palmerlee (Huachuca Mts.)
13. Nemoria strigataria [ MONA 7039 ]
    Similar species: N. mutaticolor (MONA 7017)
    Foodplants:
    1. Silver-leaf oak (Quercus hypoleucoides)
14. Nemoria caerulescens [ MONA 7042 ]
15. Nemoria festaria [ MONA 7044 ]
    Foodplants:
    1. Gamble's Oak (Quercus gambelii) used in lab.
16. Nemoria bistriaria rubromarginaria [ MONA 7046a ]
    need to double-check
17. !! * Dichorda consequaria [ MONA 7054 ]
    Foodplants:
    1. Sumac
18. Dichorda rectaria [ MONA 7056 ]
    Foodplants:
    1. Rhus trilobata

Tribe Dichordophorini

1. ! Dichordophora phoenix [ MONA 7057 ]
   Foodplants:
   1. Rhus trilobata

Tribe Synchlorini

1. Synchlora aerata liquoraria [ MONA 7058b]
   Foodplants: Feeds on the buds and flowers of a large variety of plants
   1. Eriogonum
   2. Solidago
   3. Rhus
   4. numerous composites
2. Synchlora frondaria avidaria [ MONA 7059a ]
   Foodplants:
   1. Senecio
3. Synchlora bistriaria [ MONA 7065 ]
4. Cheteoscelis pectinaria (Grossbeck 1910) [ MONA 7066 ]
   Type location: Redington (Pima Co.)

Tribe Lophochoristini

1. Lophochorista lesteraria [ MONA 7069 ]
   Description: J. NY Ent. Soc. 18: 203
   Originally known only from 4 specimens (Santa Catalinas, Pinal Co; Baboquivari Mts). Very rare, I know of only four recent records (most recent Brown Canyon 20 Aug 06, by Tomas Mustelin (not really fair that a noctuid guy would get the cool geo) Howard Byrne (in 1999) either took this or an undescribed species

Tribe Hemitheini

1. Chlorochlamys triangularis [ MONA 7072 ]
2. Chlorochlamys appellaria [ MONA 7073 ]
   Foodplants: (flower feeder)
   1. Eriogonum
3. Chlorochlamys phyllinaria [ MONA 7074 ]
4. Xerochlora viridipallens [ MONA 7078 ]
   Type location: Palmerlee (Huachuca Mts.)
5. Xerochlora inveterascaria [ MONA 7079 ]
   Type location: Tuscon (Santa Catalina Mts.)
6. Xerochlora martinaria [ MONA 7080 ]
   Type location: Madera Canyon (Santa Rita Mts.)
7. Xerochlora masonaria [ MONA 7081 ]

1. Euacidalia sericearia [ MONA 7087 ]
2. Euacidalia quakerata [ MONA 7089 ]
3. Protoproutia rusticari [ MONA 7092 ]
4. Lobocleta ossularia [ MONA 7094 ]
5. Lobocleta plemyraria [ MONA 7097 ]
6. Idaea peralbata [ MONA 7100]
7. Herbarium moth --- Idaea bonifata [ MONA 7102 ]
   Foodplants:
   1. joboba
8. Idaea nibseata (Cassino) [ MONA 7103 ]
   Type location: Baboquivari Mts.
9. Idaea microphysa [ MONA 7104 ]
10. Idaea celtima [ MONA 7109 ]
11. Idaea basinta [ MONA 7110 ]
12. Idaea skinnerata [ MONA 7111 ]
    Similar species: Similar to I. basinta, but no hing wing border
13. Idaea productata [ MONA 7112 ]
    Similar species: Larger and more tannish that I. eremiata, but no hing wing border
14. Idaea eremiata [ MONA 7115 ]
    Similar species: Smaller and more reddish that I. productata.
15. Idaea gemmata [ MONA 7116 ]
16. Idaea occidentaria [ MONA 7117 ]
17. Idaea obfusaria [ MONA 7123 ]
    Type location of synon. sp. I. pimacoata Cass. TL is the Baboquivari Mts.
18. ! Paota fultaria [ MONA 7127 ]
19. Pigia multilineata [ MONA 7128 ]
20. Pigia perlineata [ MONA 7129 ]
21. ! Odontoptila obrimo [ MONA 7130 ]

Tribe Cosymbiini

1. Cyclophora dataria [ MONA 7135 ]
2. Cyclophora nanaria [ MONA 7140 ]
3. Semaepos ella [ MONA 7141 ]
   Quite a variable species
   Type location of synon. sp. S. bowers Sperry 1940 is Baboquivari Mts.
4. Semaeopus gracilata [ MONA 7142 ]

Tribe Scopulini

1. Scopula plantagenaria [ MONA 7154 ]
2. Scopula benitaria [ MONA 7155 ]
3. Scopula ancellata [ MONA 7162 ]
4. Scopula junctaria quinquelinearia [ MONA 7164a ]
5. Leptostales rubromarginaria [ MONA 7179 ]

1. McDunnough, James H. 1954. The species of the genus Hydriomena occuring in American north of Mexico (Geometidae, Larentiinae). Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. His. 104 (3): 237--358. pdf file (35 MB)

Species list:

1. Dysstroma brunneata [ MONA 7194 ]
2. ! Eulithis luteolata [ MONA 7198 ]
3. Hydriomena perfracta centralis [ MONA 7229A ]
4. Hydriomena furtivata [ MONA 7222 ]
   Cliff Ferris record: July 2007, Cunningham ampground, Mt. Graham. Confirmed by dissection.
5. Hydriomena rita McDunnough 1954 [ MONA 7241 ]
   Description: Bull AMNH 104: 286
   Type location: Madera Canyon (Santa Catalina Mts.)
6. Hydriomena arizonata B & Mc.D., 1917 [ MONA 7242 ]
   Type Location: Palmerlee (Huachuca Mts)
7. Hydriomena chiricahuata Swett 1909 [ MONA 7250 ]
   Fresh vs. worn individuals
   Description: Can. Ent. 41: 231
   Type location: Chirichahua Mts.
8. Hymenodria modestata B & McD. 1917 [ MONA 7251 ]
9. Hydriomena catalinata McDunnough 1943 [ MONA 7259 ]
   Description: Can. Ent. 75: 216
   Type location: Santa Catalina Mts.
10. Hydriomena costipuncata B. & McD. 1912 [ MONA 7260 ]
    Description: Cont. Nat. His. N. Am. Lep. 1: 31
    Type location: Redington (Pima Co.)
11. Hydriomena albitasciata relfata [ MONA 7261b ]
12. Hydriomena cohiseata Sweet 1909 [ MONA 7262]
    Description: Can. Ent. 41: 230
    Type location: Palmerlee (Huachuca Mts.)
13. Hydriomena morosata B. & McD., 1917 [ MONA 7264 ]
    Description: Cont. Nat. His. N. Am. Lep. 4: 34
    Type location: Redington (Pima Co.)
14. Hydriomena barnesata Sweet, 1909 [ MONA 7265 ]
    Type location: Huachuca Mts.
15. Hydriomena cyriadoides [ MONA 7266 ]
    Type location: Tucson
16. Hydriomena bryantia McDunnough 1943 [ MONA 7268 ]
    Description: Can. Ent. 75: 217
    Type location: Santa Catalina Mts.
17. Hydriomena clarki Wright 1920 [ MONA 7269 ]
    Description: Bull. AMNH 42: 485
    Type location: Bear Wallow (Santa Catalina Mts.)
18. Hydriomena magnificata Tayl. 1906 [ MONA 7270 ]
    Type location: Cochise Co.
19. Hydriomena gracillima [ MONA 7271 ]
    Type location: Barfoot Park (Chirichahua Mts.)
20. Hydriomena regulata Pearsall 1909 [ MONA 7272 ]
    Description: Proc. Ent. Sco. Wash. 11:131
    Type location: Chirichahua Mts.
21. Hydriomena furculoides B. & McD., 1917 [ MONA 7273 ]
    pair
    Type location: Redington (Pima Co.)
22. Hydriomena peratica Rindge, 1956 [ MONA 7274 ]
    Two of the paratypes
23. Hydriomena similaris Hulst, 1896 [ MONA 7275 ]
24. Hydriomena nubilofasciata (Pack., 1871) [ MONA 7276 ]
25. Hymenodria medidentata (B. & McD., 1911) [ MONA 7278 ]
    close-ups: individual 1, individual 2
26. Ersephila indistincta [ MONA 7279 ]
    close-ups: individual 1, individual 2
27. Ersephila grandipennis Hulst, 1896 [ MONA 7280 ]
28. Carptima hydriomenat Pears., 1906 [ MONA 7281
    Type Location: Palmerlee (Huachuca Mts)
29. Cyclica frondaria Grote 1882 [ MONA 7282 ]
    Type Location: Arizona
30. Grossbeckia semimaculata B. & McD. 1912 [ MONA 7283 ]
    Description: Can. Ent. 44: 125
    Type Location: Palmerlee (Huachuca Mts.)
31. Triphosa californiata (Pack., 1871) [ MONA 7287 ]
    Similar species: Unlike Archirhoe neomexicana, no markings on underside
32. Triphosa bipectinaus B. & McD. 1917 [ MONA 7288 ]
    Description: Cont. Nat. His. N. Amer. Lep. 3: 225
    Type Location: Palmerlee (Huachuca Mts.)
33. Monostoecha semipectinata [ MONA 7289 ]
34. Coryphista meadi [ MONA 7290 ]
35. Hydria undulata [ MONA 7291 ]
36. Archirhoe neomexicana [ MONA 7295 ]
37. Spargania viridescens Grossbeck 1910 [ MONA 7309 ]
    Description: J. NY Ent. Soc. 18: 201
    Type location: Santa Catalina Mts., Baboquivari Mts, Huachuca Mts.
38. Spargania aurata [ MONA 7310 ]
39. Spargania bellipicta [ MONA 7311 ]
40. Hammaptera parinotata densata (Grossbeck 1909) [ MONA 7314a ]
    Description: Can. Ent. 41: 153
    Type Location: Baboquivari and Santa Catalina Mts.
41. Psaliodes fervescens [ MONA 7315 ]
42. (*s) Perizoma actuata [ MONA 7319 ]
43. Perizoma interrupta [ MONA 7321 ]
    Note from DF in Smithsonian to cf. Psaliodes cynda Druce
    Type location: Redington (Pima Co.)
44. Perizoma ochreata [ MONA 7322 ]
    D.C. Ferguson Note in Smithsonian : complex of three species?
45. Perizoma costiguttata [ MONA 7325 ]
46. Perizoma custodiata [ MONA 7328 ]

Tribe Stamnodini

1. Stamnodes albiapicata Grossbeck 1910 [ MONA 7335 ]
   large view: ventral
   Type location: Redington (Pima Co.)
   Foodplants:
   1. Phacelia cicutaria
2. Stamnodes splendorata Pearsall 1909 [ MONA 7344 ]
   large view: Dorsal --- ventral
   Type location: Palmerlee (Huachuca Mts.)
3. Stamnodes apollo Cassino 1920 [ MONA 7345 ]
   Description: Lepid. 3: 115
   Type location: Hereford (Huachuca Mts.)
   Similar species: Stamnodes artemis MONA 7346 ] has a darker under surface, while the under side of the secondaries varies from creamy white to a pale pinkish buff in apollo. Likewise, the upperside of apollo is more of a buff color, as compared to the orange of artemis
4. Stamnodes artemis Rindge 1958 [ MONA 7346 ]
   Similar species: Stamnodes apollo [ MONA 7345 ]
5. ! Stamnodes formosata [ MONA 7347 ]
   Similar species: Stamnodes lampra [ MONA 7348 ]. lampra is slightly smaller, has darker markings above and below, and had an absence of bright red scales on the underside of both wings.
6. Stamnodes lampra Rindge 1958 [ MONA 7348 ]
   partial ventral shot
   Description: AMNH Nov. 1872: 3 (Figures 3, 4, 11, 12)
   Type location: Madera Canyon (Santa Rita Mts.)
7. Stamnodes franckata (Pearsall 1909) [ MONA 7350 ]
   Description: Prod. Ent. Sco. Wash. 11: 130
   Type location: Chirichahua Mts.
8. ! Stamnodes seiferti [ MONA 7353 ]
9. !! Stamnodes fervefactaria Ê [ MONA 7354 ]
   Similar species: S. deceptiva. side-by-side
10. !! Stamnodes deceptiva B. & McD. 1918 [ MONA 7355 ]
    Description: Cont. Nat. His. N. Amer. Lep. 4: 136 (Figured in Plate 23, fig. 1)
    Type location: Paradise (Chirichahua Mts.)
11. Stamnoctenis morrisata [ MONA 7356 ]
    Foodplants:
    1. Juniperus scopularum (Scoble 1999)
12. Stamnoctenis rubrosuffusa (Grossbeck 1912) [ MONA 7358 ]
    Description: J. NY Ent Soc. 20: 282
    Type location: Palmerlee (Huachuca Mts.)

Tribe Xanthorhonini

1. Xanthorhoe defensaria [ MONA 7386 ]
   worn SE Arizona specimen
2. ! Xanthorhoe mirabilata [ MONA 7392 ]
3. Xanthorhoe columelloides [ MONA 7393 ]
4. Epirrhoe alternata [ MONA 7394 ]
5. Epirrhoe medeifasca (Grossbeck 1908) [ MONA 7397 ]
   Type location: Huachuca Mts.
6. Euphyia unangulata intermediata (Gn., 1857) [ MONA 7399a ]
7. Euphyia implicata grandiosa [ MONA 7400b ]
8. Zeniophleps lignicolorata [ MONA 7406 ]
9. Zeniophleps nr. pallescens [ MONA 7407 ]
   • Zeniophleps pallescens looks a little different from our SE Arizona material. Smithsonian image of typical Zeniophleps pallescens .
10. Zeniophleps obscurata [ MONA 7409 ]
    Description: Cont. Nat. Hist. No. Am. Lep. 3: 282 (Figured in Plate 9, fig 11)
    Type location: Palmerlee (Huachuca Mts.)
11. Orthonama obstipata [ MONA 7414 ]

Tribe Eudulini

1. Herreschafia gracea Sperry [ MONA 7418 ]
2. Venusia duodecemlineata [ MONA 7426 ]
   Larvae on Oak catkins in SE Arizona (McFarland)
3. Epirrita autumnata [ MONA 7433]
4. ! Eubaphe unicolor [ MONA 7444 ]

Tribe Eupitheciini

References:

1. McDunnough, James H. 1949. Revision of the North American species of the genus Eupithecia. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. His. 93: 533--728. (Also covers the genus Prorella). pdf file (48 MB)
2. Rindge, Fredrick H. 1963. Notes on and descriptions of North American Eupithecia. Am. Mus. Novitates 2147: 1-23, figs 1-7.
3. Rindge, Fredrick H. 1985. The Eupithecia of Mississippi and Louisiana. Am. Mus. Novitates 2809: 1-18, figs. 1-38. pdf file (2.8 MB)
4. Ferris, Clifford D. 2004. Taxonomic note on four poorly known Arizona Eupithecia Curtis. Zootaxa 738: 1-19. pdf file
5. Ferris, C. D. 2007. The new species of Eupitheica Curtis from Arizona and New Mexico with discussion of associated species. Zootaxa 1516: 49--60. pdf

Species list:

1. Horisme intestinata [ MONA 7445 ]
   Foodplants:
   Clematis
   Early Stages:
   • last instar: Tony Thomas
2. Eupithecia albimontanata [ MONA 7452 ]
3. Eupithecia ornata [ MONA 7455 ]
   Source: Rindge (1963)
4. Eupithecia terrestrata [ MONA 7457 ]
   Source: McDunnough (1949)
5. Eupithecia chiricahuata [ MONA 7463 ]
   Type location: Barfoot Park, Chirichahua Mts.
6. Eupithecia catalinata McDunnough 1944 [ MONA 7465 ]
   Description: Cant. Ent. 76: 50
   Type location: Mt. Graham (Pinaleno Mts.)
7. Eupithecia edna [ MONA 7466 ]
   Record: Upper Pinery Cyn., Chiricahuas, Cochise Co., VII-30/VIII-2-99 (Opler)
8. Eupithecia owenata [ MONA 7467 ]
9. Eupithecia placidata [ MONA 7471 ]
10. Eupithecia unicolor [ MONA 7472 ]
    Record: Onion Saddle, Chiricahuas, Cochise Co., VII-30/VIII-2-99 (Opler)
11. Eupithecia miserulata [ MONA 7474 ]
12. Eupithecia pygmeata [ MONA 7479 ]
    Record: Upper Pinery Cyn., Chiricahuas, Cochise Co., VII-30/VIII-2-99 (Opler)
13. Eupithecia borealis [ MONA 7485 ]
    Source: McDunnough (1949)
14. Eupithecia sierrae [ MONA 7497 ]
    Source: McDunnough (1949)
15. Eupithecia bolterii [ MONA 7500 ]
16. Eupithecia pretansata Grossbeck 1908 [ MONA 7503 ]
    Description: J. NY Ent Soc 16: 23
    Type location: Carr Canyon (Huachuca Mts.)
17. Eupithecia neomexicana [ MONA 7504 ]
    Source: McDunnough (1949)
18. (*) Eupithecia alpinata [ MONA 7505 ]
19. (*s) Eupithecia prostrata [ MONA 7506 ]
20. Eupithecia persimulata [ MONA 7507 ]
21. Eupithecia herefordaria [ MONA 7509 ]
    Type location: Herford (Huachuca Mts.)
22. Eupithecia cazieri Kirkwood 1961 [ MONA 7510 ]
    Description: Bull S. Cal. Acad. Sci 60: 45
    Type location: Southwest Research Station (Chirichahua Mts.)
23. Eupithecia macdunnoughi [ MONA 7512 ]
    Source: Rindge (1963)
24. Eupithecia biedermanata Cassino & Sweet 1922 [ MONA 7514 ]
    Description: Lepid. 3: 168
    Type location: Herford (Huachuca Mts.)
    Foodplant:
    Arbutus arizonica (Cliff Ferris, per com.)
25. Eupithecia coagulata [ MONA 7529 ]
    Source: Rindge (1963), from Pinal Co.
26. Eupithecia cretaceata [ MONA 7533 ]
27. Eupithecia subcolorata [ MONA 7553 ]
28. Eupithecia appendiculata [ MONA 7554 ]
    Upper Pinery Cyn., Chiricahuas, Cochise Co., VII-30/VIII-2-99 (Opler)
29. Eupithecia pinata [ MONA 7558 ]
    Type location: Pinal Mts. (Pinal Co.)
30. Eupithecia huachuca Grossbeck 1908 [ MONA 7562 ]
    Description: J. NY Ent Sco 16: 22
    Type location: Carr Canyon (Huachuca Mts.)
31. Eupithecia flavigutta [ MONA 7568 ]
    plate of E. flavigutta v. E. sonora. (Courtesy of Cliff Ferris)
32. Eupithecia sonora Ferris and Opler (2008)
    plate of E. flavigutta v. E. sonora.(Courtesy of Cliff Ferris)
33. Eupithecia dichroma [ MONA 7571 ]
    Source: Rindge (1963)
34. Eupithecia helena Taylor 1906 [ MONA 7576 ]
    Description: Ent. News 17: 191
    Type location: Pinal Mts. (Pinal Co.)
35. Eupithecia scabrogata [ MONA 7583 ]
    Source: McDunnough (1949)
36. Eupithecia hohokamae [ MONA 7584 ]
    Description: Am. Mus. Novit. 2147, pg 18, figs 3,7
    Type location: Southwest Research Station (Chiricahua Mts)
37. Eupithecia redingtonia McDunnough 1949 [ MONA 7590 ]
    Description: Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 93: 668
    Type location: Redington (Pima Co.)
38. Eupithecia gilata Cassino 1925 [ MONA 7591 ]
    Type Location: Gila-Pinal County line
    Source: McDunnough (1949)
39. Eupithecia anticaria [ MONA 7594 ]
    Source: Rindge (1963)
40. Eupithecia tricolorata Cassino 1927 [ MONA 7596 ]
    Description: Lepid. 4: 85
    Type location: Southern Arizona
41. (*s) Eupithecia classicata [ MONA 7598 ]
    Type location: Huachuca Mts.
42. Eupithecia penumbrata Pearsall 1912 [ MONA 7599 ]
    Description: Can. Ent. 44: 29
    Type location: Palmerlee (Huachuca Mts.)
    Ferris (per comm): classicata and penumbrata are clearly the same species.
43. Eupithecia nevadata geneura [ MONA 7601a ]
    Source: Rindge (1963)
44. Eupithecia macfarlandi Ferris (2007)
    Type location: Ash Canyon, Huachuca Mts
45. Eupithecia nonanticaria Ferris (2007)
    Type location: Rustler Park, Chirichahua Mts
46. Eupithecia penablanca Ferris (2007)
    Type location: Pena Blanca Lake, Santa Cruz Co.
47. Prorella gypsata (Grt, 1882) [ MONA 7611 ]
48. Prorella discoidalis (Grossbeck 1908) [ MONA 7612 ]
    Description: J. NY Ent Sco. 16: 19
    Type location: Carr Canyon (Huachuca Mts.)
49. Prorella ochrocarneata McDunnough 1949 [ MONA 7615 ]
    Description: Bull. Am. Mues. Nat. His. 93; 69 (figured plate 32, figure 19)
    Type location: Huachuca Mts.
50. Prorella remorata [ MONA 7618 ]
    Additional Smithsonian Records: Baboquivari Mts (May)
51. Prorella desperata (Hulst, 1896) [ MONA 7619 ]
52. Prorella artestana (Grossbeck 1908) [ MONA 7620 ]
    Description: J. NY Ent Sco. 16: 20
    Type location: Carr Canyon (Huachuca Mts.)
53. Prorella mellisa (Grossbeck 1908) [ MONA 7621 ]
54. Prorella insipidata [ MONA 7622 ]
    Record: Onion Saddle, Chiricahuas, Cochise Co., VII-30/VIII-1-99 (Opler), Ferris record, AZ Cochise Co

Tribe Lobophorini

1. Lithostege roundata [ MONA 7628 ]
2. Lithostege elegans (Grossbeck 1909) [ MONA 7631 ]
   Description: Can. Ent. 41: 154
   Type location: Redington (Pima Co.)
   Additional Smithsonian Records: 20 Sept record from Maricopa Co.
3. Cladara limitaria [ MONA 7637 ]
   C. Ferris record, AZ Cochise Co, Chirichahua Mts, S. Fk. Cave Creek Canyon on 14.vi.83. Ferris states "at least it appears to be that species as it looks like what I get here in Wyoming. I have one specimen from S. Fk. Cave Creek Canyon on 14.vi.83. I also have one April, 2001 specimen of the same moth from Grant Co., NM. I don't have specimens of 7638 C. anguilineata for comparison. I do have 7639, and the AZ moth is not that."
4. Lobophora montanata [ MONA 7641 ]