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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 » Caberini » Cabera » The Vestal - Hodges#6678 (Cabera variolaria)

Species Cabera variolaria - The Vestal - Hodges#6678

Classification · Hodges Number · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Life Cycle · See Also · 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 Caberini
Genus Cabera
Species variolaria (The Vestal - Hodges#6678)
Hodges Number
6678
Other Common Names
Pink-striped Willow Spanworm (larva)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Cabera variolaria Guenée, [1858]
Deilinia variolaria (Guenee, 1857) (1)
Explanation of Names
VESTAL: n. - a virgin; a woman of spotless chastity
VESTAL: a. - pure; chaste (Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1979)
probably refers to the moth's wings, which can be pure white
Size
Forewing length: (1)
♂ 12-16 mm.
♀ 11-16 mm.
Identification
Adult: front of head and forelegs yellowish-brown to orange; wings may be pure white (but not shiny) or white with light gray speckling and very faint traces of yellowish to grayish-brown lines crossing the wings

Larva: has a green form and a brown form

Rindge (1956) description as Deilinia variolaria (Guenee), is online in PDF.(1)
Range
All of North America except Yukon and Alaska. (2), (3), (4)
Habitat
Mixed and deciduous woods and parklands.
Season
Adults fly from May to September (2 or 3 broods).
Food
Larvae feed on leaves of cherry, poplar, tamarack, willow.
Life Cycle
Two or three generations per year; overwinters as a pupa; eggs are laid singly below but along the edge of host leaves.
See Also
Protitame virginalis has dark gray forelegs, and the wings of Lomographa vestalia are shiny, translucent, and unspotted white (compare images of both species).
Eudeilinia herminiata has distinct gray lines across the wings.
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group(5)
pinned adult images (CBIF)
E. H. Strickland Museum
Bold: The Barcode of Life Data Systems(6)
Works Cited
1.A Revision of the American Species of Deilinia [Cabera] (Lepidoptera, Geometridae)
Frederick H. Rindge . 1956. American Museum Novitates 1810: 1-31.
2.Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Florida
3.Essig Museum of Entomology, California Moth Species List
4.Arthropods of Florida and Neighboring Land Areas: Lepidoptera of Florida
J.B. Heppner. 2003. Florida Department of Agriculture 17(1): 1-670.
5.North American Moth Photographers Group
6.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 6 February, 2005 - 5:48pm
Additional contributions by Tony-2, Maury Heiman, marcie oconnor
Last updated 25 January, 2020 - 10:54am

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