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Genus Melanchroia

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Range · Food · Internet References
Another moth - Melanchroia chephise Snowbush caterpillar (Spanworm) of White-tipped Black Moth (Melanchroia chephise) is devouring our snowbushes (Breynia nivosa) - Melanchroia chephise BG1270 D1890 - Melanchroia chephise - male Moth??? - Melanchroia chephise Life cycle of a White-tipped Black: third instar - Melanchroia chephise Life cycle of a White-tipped Black: fourth instar - Melanchroia chephise Life cycle of a White-tipped Black: sixth (final) instar - Melanchroia chephise White-tipped Black Moth Larva - Melanchroia chephise
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
No Taxon (Moths)
Superfamily Geometroidea
Family Geometridae (Geometrid Moths)
Subfamily Ennominae
Tribe Boarmiini
Genus Melanchroia
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
spelled "Melanochroia" on a number of web sites; a misspelling?
Numbers
2 species in North America (nearctica.com)
Range
Florida and Texas, south to Paraguay
Food
Larvae feed on plants in the spurge family (Euphorbiaceae) such as Breynia and Phyllanthus species.
Internet References
classification and synonyms and Melanchroia spelling (Brian Pitkin, Butterflies and Moths of the World)
Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 22 February, 2005 - 10:14pm
Additional contributions by Robin McLeod
Last updated 22 February, 2006 - 7:49pm

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