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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 » Boarmiini » Melanchroia

Genus Melanchroia

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Range · Food · Internet References
Another moth - Melanchroia chephise 705993 arctiid - Melanchroia chephise Life cycle of a White-tipped Black: fifth instar - Melanchroia chephise Life cycle of a White-tipped Black: sixth (final) instar - Melanchroia chephise Life cycle of a White-tipped Black: Adult - Melanchroia chephise - female Moth - Melanchroia chephise Black winged bug on giganticus bloom - Melanchroia chephise White-tipped Black - Melanchroia chephise
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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 Boarmiini
Genus Melanchroia
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
spelled "Melanochroia" on a number of web sites; a misspelling?
Numbers
2 species in North America (nearctica.com)
Range
Florida and Texas, south to Paraguay
Food
Larvae feed on plants in the spurge family (Euphorbiaceae) such as Breynia and Phyllanthus species.
Internet References
classification and synonyms and Melanchroia spelling (Brian Pitkin, Butterflies and Moths of the World)
Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 22 February, 2005 - 10:14pm
Additional contributions by Robin McLeod
Last updated 22 February, 2006 - 7:49pm

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