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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Geometrid and Swallowtail Moths (Geometroidea) » Swallowtail Moths (Uraniidae) » Scoopwing Moths (Epipleminae) » Callizzia

Genus Callizzia

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · See Also · Internet References
Honeysuckle caterpillar - Callizzia amorata Callizzia amorata – Gray Scoopwing Moth - Callizzia amorata Callizzia amorata Moth - Callizzia amorata Gray Scoopwing - Callizzia amorata Callizzia amorata - Gray Scoopwing - Hodges#7650 - Callizzia amorata Callizzia certiorata Callizzia amorata
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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 Uraniidae (Swallowtail Moths)
Subfamily Epipleminae (Scoopwing Moths)
Genus Callizzia
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
formerly placed in family Epiplemidae, now treated as a subfamily (Epipleminae) of Uraniidae - see Internet References section below
Numbers
2 species in North America (listed under Epiplemidae at nearctica.com)
Size
wingspan 15-22 mm
Identification
Adult: outer margin of forewing even, slightly rounded; wings brownish-gray; hindwing margin deeply scooped

Larva: head brown; body dark gray above, whitish or pale gray below, with blackish lateral line separating top from bottom
Range
C. amorata: all of United States and southern Canada
C. certiorara: Texas and Arizona, north to Utah
Season
adults fly from April to September
Food
larvae feed on leaves of honeysuckle (Lonicera spp.)
See Also
Brown Scoopwing (Calledapteryx dryopterata) is browner and has large scoop in outer margin of forewing, lined with dark brown
Internet References
live adult image of C. amorata plus food plant and flight season (Lynn Scott, Ontario)
live larva and adult images of C. amorata plus other info (Jeremy Tatum, Butterflies and Moths of Southern Vancouver Island)
classification of Callizzia in family Uraniidae, subfamily Epipleminae (Brian Pitkin, Butterflies and Moths of the World)
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 10 February, 2006 - 8:30am

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