Species Epimecis hortaria - Tulip-tree Beauty - Hodges#6599

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Print References · Works Cited

cool geometrid caterpillar. - Epimecis hortaria

E. hortaria - Tulip tree beauty - Epimecis hortaria

Parasitized Tulip tree beauty - Epimecis hortaria

Green caterpillar June 1 - Epimecis hortaria

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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 Epimecis

Species hortaria (Tulip-tree Beauty - Hodges#6599)

Hodges Number

6599

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Epimecis hortaria (Fabricius, 1794)

Size

43-55mm wingspan (1)

Identification

Large geometer. Scalloped outer margin on hindwing. Variable pattern. Typical pattern is whitish background with black zigzag lines. Two other forms: "dendraria" has broad median and subterminal lines, and melanic "carbonaria" is blackish with white edging on parts of lines. (1)

Range

New England and southern Ontario to Florida, west to Illinois/Missouri/Texas. (1)

Season

Late March to early October (1)

Food

Poplars, pawpaw, sassafrass, and tulip-trees. (1)

Print References

Covell, p. 355 & plate 52 #12 (1)

Works Cited

1.	Peterson Field Guides: Eastern Moths By Charles V. Covell

Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 12:32pm
Additional contributions by Mike Boone, cotinis
Last updated 20 August, 2009 - 11:25pm

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