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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 » Boarmiini » Hypomecis » Hypomecis buchholzaria - Hodges#6438 (Hypomecis buchholzaria)

Species Hypomecis buchholzaria - Hodges#6438

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Range · Season · Food · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Hypomecis bucholzaria - Hypomecis buchholzaria - male

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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 Boarmiini

Genus Hypomecis

Species buchholzaria (Hypomecis buchholzaria - Hodges#6438)

Hodges Number

6438

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Hypomecis buchholzaria (Lemmer, 1937)

Pseudoboarmia buchholzaria Lemmer, 1937

Explanation of Names

Named in honor of New Jersey Lepidopterist and collector Otto Buchholz (1874-1958).

Numbers

There are five species of the genus Hypomecis in America north of Mexico. . (1), (2)

Size

Wingspan 32-36 mm.

Range

Heppner (2003) listed the range to include Georgia and Florida to Texas. (3)

There are scatter records northward to Massachusetts. (4), (5)

Season

Heppner (2003) reported January to March, May, July for Florida. (3)

Food

Heppner (2003) listed the following host plants. (3)

Comptonia peregrina var. asplenifolia (sweetfern) Myricaceae.

Myrica sp. (bayberry) Myricaceae.

Remarks

Uncommon throughout the range. Listed as endangered by the Massachusetts Division of Fisheries & Wildlife. PDF

Print References

Lemmer, F., 1937. New Lepidoptera from the New Jersey Pine Barrens. Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society 32: 24.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (2)

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (6)

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

4.	South Carolina Moth Species

5.	Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Florida

6.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 13 October, 2013 - 3:59pm
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy
Last updated 21 December, 2017 - 10:28am

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