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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 » Ourapterygini » Philtraea » Philtraea monillata - Hodges#6851 (Philtraea monillata)

Species Philtraea monillata - Hodges#6851

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Life Cycle · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Philtraea monillata - Philtraea monillata - female

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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 Philtraea

Species monillata (Philtraea monillata - Hodges#6851)

Hodges Number

6851

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Philtraea monillata Buckett, [1971]

Phylogenetic sequence # 201725

Size

wingspan 10-16 mm; second-generation adults are much smaller than first-generation

Identification

Adult: forewing white with broad yellow AM and PM lines, bordered by dark spots on both sides; O-shaped marking along costa similar color to AM and PM lines, and equidistant between them; terminal line composed of dark dots; fringe white; hindwing white; top of head with yellow scales; antennae bipectinate in both sexes but pectinations longer in male.

Range

southern United States in drainage basin of Mississippi River from Missouri and Kentucky south to Louisiana

Season

adults fly from early June to late August (2 broods)

Food

larvae are thought to feed on privet (Ligustrum spp.)

Life Cycle

two generations per year

See Also

best distinguished from other Philtraea species by geographic location

Print References

Buckett, J.S., 1970 (1971). Revision of the Nearctic genus Philtraea Hulst, with notes on biology and the descriptions of new species (Geometridae). Journal of Research on Lepidoptera 9(1): 62. (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (2)

The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (3)

Works Cited

1.	Revision of the Nearctic genus Philtraea Hulst, with notes on biology and the descriptions of new species (Geometridae). John S. Buckett. 1970. Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera, 9(1): 29-64.

2.	North American Moth Photographers Group

3.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 11 June, 2007 - 3:55pm
Additional contributions by Maury Heiman
Last updated 26 April, 2014 - 3:01pm

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