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Tribe Boarmiini

caterpillar - Epimecis hortaria Snowbush caterpillar (Spanworm) of White-tipped Black Moth (Melanchroia chephise) is devouring our snowbushes (Breynia nivosa) - Melanchroia chephise cool geometrid caterpillar. - Epimecis hortaria Inchworm - Epimecis hortaria White-tipped Black - Melanchroia chephise Life cycle of a White-tipped Black: third instar - Melanchroia chephise Life cycle of a White-tipped Black: sixth (final) instar - Melanchroia chephise Life cycle of a White-tipped Black: sixth (final) instar - 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
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 11 April, 2005 - 10:31pm

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