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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Geometrid and Swallowtail Moths (Geometroidea) » Geometrid Moths (Geometridae) » Sterrhinae » Cosymbiini » Pleuroprucha » Asthene Wave Moth - Hodges#7133 (Pleuroprucha asthenaria)

Species Pleuroprucha asthenaria - Asthene Wave Moth - Hodges#7133

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Food · Print References · Internet References
Moth - Pleuroprucha asthenaria Moth - Pleuroprucha asthenaria Moth - Pleuroprucha asthenaria Moth - Pleuroprucha asthenaria Moth - Pleuroprucha asthenaria 7133 Asthene Wave Moth ??? - Pleuroprucha asthenaria Pleuroprucha asthenaria - male Asthene Wave Moth - Pleuroprucha asthenaria - female
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Geometroidea (Geometrid and Swallowtail Moths)
Family Geometridae (Geometrid Moths)
Subfamily Sterrhinae
Tribe Cosymbiini
Genus Pleuroprucha
Species asthenaria (Asthene Wave Moth - Hodges#7133)
Hodges Number
7133
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Pleuroprucha asthenaria (Walker, 1861)
original combination Acidalia asthenaria Walker, 1861; List Lep. Brit. Mus. 22: 737
syn. Acidalia imparata Walker, 1863; List Lep. Brit. Mus. 25: 1598
* phylogenetic sequence #209350
Food
in Brasil the larvae feed on the flowers of Miconia ferruginata, M. claussenii, Schefflera macrocarpum, Zeyera montana (Bignoniaceae), the leaves of Qualea parviflora (Diniz & Morais, 2002), and mango fruits (Wkipedia)
Print References
Diniz, I.R., H.C. Morais 2002. Local pattern of host plant utilization by lepidopteran larvae in the cerrado vegetation, Entomotropica 17(2): 115-119
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group - species group
Contributed by Jeff Hollenbeck on 4 June, 2007 - 9:42pm
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy
Last updated 18 July, 2012 - 8:37pm

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