Odontopera bidentata ab. nigra Prout
(Scalloped Hazel - Melanic Form)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
AberrationOdontopera bidentata ab. nigra (Scalloped Hazel - Melanic Form)
SpeciesOdontopera bidentata (Scalloped Hazel)
SubfamilyENNOMINAE (a subfamily of moths)
FamilyGEOMETRIDAE (geometrids, carpets, pugs and loopers)
SuperfamilyGEOMETROIDEA (butterfly moths)
CladeMacrolepidoptera (macro-moths)
CladeObtectomera (butterflies and most moths)
CladeApoditrysia (butterflies and most moths)
InfraorderDitrysia (butterflies and most moths)
InfraorderHeteroneura (an infraorder of moths and butterflies)
SuborderGLOSSATA (a suborder of moths)
OrderLEPIDOPTERA (butterflies and moths)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Odontopera bidentata ab. nigra (Scalloped Hazel - Melanic Form) :
1: Odontopera bidentata ab. nigra (Scalloped Hazel - Melanic Form)
27 May 1974 OSGR: SE65 53° 60’ N, 1° 0’ W England
melanic, indoors
Image 1: Adult - antero-dorsal viewImage 2: Adult - dorsal view

Odontopera bidentata ab. nigra (Scalloped Hazel - Melanic Form) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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