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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Geometrid and Swallowtail Moths (Geometroidea) » Geometrid Moths (Geometridae) » Larentiinae » Lobophorini » Heterophleps

Genus Heterophleps

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Remarks · See Also · Internet References · Works Cited
moth - Heterophleps triguttaria C & O Canal Big Pool - Heterophleps triguttaria Heterophleps triguttaria Heterophleps triguttaria Three-spotted Fillip - Heterophleps triguttaria Heterophleps triguttaria Moth? - Heterophleps triguttaria Moth - Heterophleps triguttaria
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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 Larentiinae
Tribe Lobophorini
Genus Heterophleps
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Heterophleps Herrich-Schäffer, [1854]
Nannia Hulst 1896
Numbers
9 species in the genus (1)
3 species in North America (Nearctica.com) (2)
2 species in Canada (CBIF)
Heterophleps morensata (Hulst, 1896) - (described from Wisconsin) for the original description in Google Books see here
Heterophleps refusaria (Walker, 1861) - eastern NA
Heterophleps triguttaria Herrich-Schäffer, [1854] - eastern NA
Size
wingspan 20-30 mm (3)
Identification
Heterophleps refusaria - Three-patched Bigwing
Heterophleps triguttaria - Three-spotted Fillip
Range
North Carolina to Colorado, north to Saskatchewan and across to Quebec (2)
Remarks
Heterophleps morensata is listed at nearctica.com but no information on this species could be found on the web (Robin McLeod 2005)
See Also
In the Hydriomenini tribe, check out Perizoma costiguttata.


In the Ennominae subfamily, check out the Four-spotted Macaria - Macaria coortaria.
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In the Erebidae family, check out the Lettered Zanclognatha - Zanclognatha lituralis.
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Internet References
Wikipedia
Works Cited
1.Wikipedia
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
3.Butterflies of North America
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 14 February, 2005 - 9:20pm
Additional contributions by Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 31 July, 2022 - 2:52pm

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