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Genus Pleuroprucha

Wave? - Pleuroprucha insulsaria - female

Green inchworm - Pleuroprucha insulsaria

Geometrid Moth - Pleuroprucha insulsaria

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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 Sterrhinae

Tribe Cosymbiini

Genus Pleuroprucha

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Pleuroprucha Möschler, 1890

Numbers

2 species in North America (Nearctica.com)

1 species in Canada (CBIF)

Size

18-22 mm, based on CBIF specimen

Range

P. asthenaria occurs in the tropics and Florida; P. insularis occurs throughout eastern North America

Internet References

pinned adult image of Pleuroprucha insularia (CBIF)

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 19 February, 2005 - 10:46pm
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy
Last updated 18 July, 2012 - 4:12pm

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