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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Geometrid and Swallowtail Moths (Geometroidea) » Geometrid Moths (Geometridae) » Sterrhinae » Cosymbiini » Pleuroprucha » Common Tan Wave - Hodges#7132 (Pleuroprucha insulsaria)

Species Pleuroprucha insulsaria - Common Tan Wave - Hodges#7132

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Life Cycle · Print References · 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 Sterrhinae
Tribe Cosymbiini
Genus Pleuroprucha
Species insulsaria (Common Tan Wave - Hodges#7132)
Hodges Number
7132
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Pleuroprucha insulsaria (Guenée, [1858])
Acidalia insulsaria Guenée, 1857
Long list of synonyms. (1)
Numbers
one of two species in this genus in North America
Size
wingspan 14-21 mm
Identification
Adult: wings mottled yellowish-brown with finely-toothed inconspicuous lines parallel to outer margin; subterminal line pale, slightly wavy, punctuated by small black dots (a distinctive feature).
Description of adult, larva, life history notes in PDF. (1)
Photo of pupa. p. 98. (2)
Range
eastern North America: Nova Scotia to Florida, west to Texas and Colorado, north to Ontario. (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8)
Moth Photographers Group - large map with some collection locations and dates.
Habitat
deciduous woods, forest clearings, field edges; adults are nocturnal and attracted to light
Season
Adults have been recorded late May through late October on Block Island, RI, with a broad peak in abundance in July. The species probably has three or more overlapping generations there.(9)
Food
larvae feed on bittersweet, bedstraw, corn, goldenrod, chestnut, oak, willow, sumac, aster, joe pye weed, and other plants
Life Cycle
larva; larva; larva; larva; pupa; pupa; spent pupal case; adult
Print References
Guenée, 1857. Spec. Gén. des Lép. 9: 469
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group
iNaturalist
Moths of North Carolina
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)
common name reference plus foodplants and flight season (Ohio State U.)
Works Cited
1.A corn-feeding Geometrid: Pleuroprucha insulsaria (Guen.) Lep. Geometridae
Geo. G. Ainslie. 1923. Ohio Journal of Science 23:2: 89-101.
2.Tracks & Sign of Insects and Other Invertebrates
Charley Eiseman & Noah Charney. 2010. Stackpole Books.
3.Moths of Brackenridge Field Laboratory University of Texas at Austin
4.Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Florida
5.Oklahoma moth species list by county (PDF)
6.South Carolina Moth Species
7.Moths of Stengl "Lost Pines" Biological Research Station (University of Texas, Austin)
8.Arthropods of Florida and Neighboring Land Areas: Lepidoptera of Florida
J.B. Heppner. 2003. Florida Department of Agriculture 17(1): 1-670.
9.Block Island Moths
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 19 February, 2005 - 10:58pm
Additional contributions by anitagould, Maury Heiman, Ted Kropiewnicki, marcie oconnor, Blocky
Last updated 19 November, 2023 - 6:55am

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