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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