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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Geometrid and Swallowtail Moths (Geometroidea) » Geometrid Moths (Geometridae) » Ennominae » Angeronini » Cymatophora » Giant Gray Moth - Hodges#6745 (Cymatophora approximaria)

Species Cymatophora approximaria - Giant Gray Moth - Hodges#6745

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
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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 Ennominae
Tribe Angeronini
Genus Cymatophora
Species approximaria (Giant Gray Moth - Hodges#6745)
Hodges Number
6745
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Cymatophora approximaria Hübner, [1812]
Stenotrachelys approximaria (Gruenee, 1857)
Numbers
Cymatophora approximaria is the only member of the genus in America north of Mexico. (1)
Size
Wingspan averages 34-48 mm.
Identification
Packard (1876) description is online and linked in the print references. (2)
Range
Heppner (2003) reported the range to include New Jersey to Florida, west to Texas.(3)
Moth Photographers Group - large range map with collection dates.
Season
The main flight period appears to be September to November. (4)
There are a few early season records from February through March.
Heppner (2003) reported September to December for Florida. (3)
Food
Heppner (2003) listed several host plants. (3)
Quercus sp. (oak), Rhexia petiolata Walter (fringed meadowbeauty), Smilax laurifolia L. (laurel greenbrier).
Smilax rotundifolia L. (roundleaf greenbrier).
See Also
Anavitrinella pampinaria (Common Gray)
Print References
Brou Jr., Vernon A. 2004. Cymatophora approximaria Hübner in Louisiana. PDF
Packard, A.S., 1876. A monograph of the geometrid moths or Phalaenidae of the United States. Report of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories 10: 449. (2)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (4)
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)(5)
Lepbarcoding.org
Works Cited
1.Check list of the Lepidoptera of America north of Mexico.
Hodges, et al. (editors). 1983. E. W. Classey, London. 284 pp.
2.A Monograph of the Geometrid or Phalaenidae of the United States.
A. S. Packard. 1876. United States Geological Survey of the Territories 10: 1-599.
3.Arthropods of Florida and Neighboring Land Areas: Lepidoptera of Florida
J.B. Heppner. 2003. Florida Department of Agriculture 17(1): 1-670.
4.North American Moth Photographers Group
5.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 16 December, 2008 - 8:07am
Additional contributions by Maury Heiman, Robert Lord Zimlich
Last updated 31 January, 2016 - 7:35pm

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