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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 » Alsophilini » Ametris » Seagrape Spanworm Moth - Hodges#6259 (Ametris nitocris)

Species Ametris nitocris - Seagrape Spanworm Moth - Hodges#6259

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 Alsophilini

Genus Ametris

Species nitocris (Seagrape Spanworm Moth - Hodges#6259 )

Hodges Number

6259

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Ametris nitocris (Cramer, 1780)

Phalaena nitocris Cramer, 1780

Numbers

Ametris nitocris is the only member of the genus found in America north of Mexico. (1)

Size

Wingspan 38-43 mm. (2)

Identification

Determined by Jim Vargo.

Range

Florida (2), (3), (4)

West Indies, Mexico to South America. (4)

Season

Heppner (2003) reported adults are from January to September; November in Florida. (4)

Food

Heppner (2003) reported the larval host plant is Coccoloba diversifolia Jacq. (Polygonaceae). (4)

See Also

Ametris nitocris is unlikely to be confused with other species north of Mexico.

Numia terebintharia

Print References

Cramer, 1780. De Uitlandsche Kapellen, Voorkomende in de Drie Waereld-Deelen Asia, Africa en America 3(23-24): 148, pl. 275, f. A.

Prout, L.B. 1910. Lepidoptera Heterocera Fam. Geometridae. Genera Insectorum, 103, fig. 3.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (2)

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (5)

Moths of Jamaica

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.	North American Moth Photographers Group

3.	Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Florida

4.	Arthropods of Florida and Neighboring Land Areas: Lepidoptera of Florida J.B. Heppner. 2003. Florida Department of Agriculture 17(1): 1-670.

5.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 12 March, 2013 - 7:18pm
Last updated 3 December, 2013 - 3:33pm

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