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Species Caripeta hilumaria - Hodges#6871

Caripeta canidiaria or C. hilumaria? - Caripeta hilumaria - female Caripeta canidiaria - Hodges #6872 - Caripeta hilumaria - female Caripeta hilumaria - Caripeta hilumaria - male Pero sp.? - Caripeta hilumaria - male Arizona Moth - Caripeta hilumaria Geometridae - Caripeta hilumaria - male Caripeta hilumaria - male Neoselenia hilumaria - Caripeta hilumaria
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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 Ourapterygini
Genus Caripeta
Species hilumaria (Caripeta hilumaria - Hodges#6871)
Hodges Number
6871
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Caripeta hilumaria (Hulst, 1886)
Range
Southwestern U.S. (Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona), presumably into Mexico since it occupies Arizona's sky islands
Habitat
Above 6,000' elevation.
Season
Mostly Jun-Aug, but a New Mexico record from Mar
Print References
(1)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group
Friendscentral.org
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Butterflies and Moths of North America
Works Cited
1.Life histories of two southern Arizona moths of the genus Caripeta
John Adams Comstock. 1957. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences, 56(2): 88-96.
Contributed by Tony Leukering on 15 March, 2015 - 9:01pm
Additional contributions by Maury Heiman
Last updated 10 June, 2018 - 1:51pm

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