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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 » Cassymini » Filament Bearers (Nematocampa) » Baggett's Spanworm Moth - Hodges#7010.1 (Nematocampa baggettaria)

Species Nematocampa baggettaria - Baggett's Spanworm Moth - Hodges#7010.1

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Nematocampa baggetaria - Nematocampa baggettaria Nematocampa baggettaria - Nematocampa baggettaria
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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 Cassymini
Genus Nematocampa (Filament Bearers)
Species baggettaria (Baggett's Spanworm Moth - Hodges#7010.1)
Hodges Number
7010.1
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Nematocampa baggettaria Ferguson 1993
Explanation of Names
"This species is named for H.D. (Dave) Baggett of Palatka, Florida, who first
brought it to my attention and who collected about half of the specimens seen" (Ferguson , 1993) (1)
Size
Ferguson (2008) reported the forewing length. (2)
♂ 7-8 mm.
♀ 7-9 mm.
The smallest of the three North American species. (2)
Identification
Nematocampa baggettaria does not have the swollen, clavate, hindtibial spur present in the two other species. The females have purplish-brown shading in most of the outer third of the forewing. (1)
Wagner (2010) describes the larva and provides a photo. (preview page in Internet References)(3)
Determined by James K. Adams, Dept. of Natural Science, Dalton State College, Dalton, GA
Range
North Carolina to Florida to Louisiana. (one record from North Carolina) (1)
Season
Ferguson (1993) reported adults collected from April to September. (1)
Food
Ferguson (2008) reported the immature stages and host plant as unknown. (1)
Wagner (2010) reported a long list of larval host plants. Many hardwoods, softwoods and shrubs. (preview page in Internet References)
Print References
Ferguson, D.C., 1993. A revision of the species of Nematocampa (Geometridae: Ennominae) occurring in the United States and Canada. Journal of the Lepidopterist Society 47: 73, figs. 19-23, 27, 30, 31, 36, 37-39. (1)
Ferguson, D.C., 2008. The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 17.2., p. 33; pl. 1.12-15. (2)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (4)
Caterpillars of Eastern North America Wagner (2010) preview
Works Cited
1.A revision of the species of Nematocampa (Geometridae: Ennominae) occurring in the United States and Canada
Douglas C. Ferguson . 1993. Journal of the Lepidopterist Society, 47: 60-77.
2.The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 17.2, Geometroidea, Geometridae, Ennominae.
Douglas C. Ferguson . 2008. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.
3.Caterpillars of Eastern North America
David L. Wagner. 2005. Princeton University Press.
4.North American Moth Photographers Group
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 28 April, 2012 - 10:04am
Last updated 30 April, 2014 - 10:32pm

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