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Species Eucaterva variaria - Hodges#6918

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Eucaterva variaria - female Moth # 07-168 - Eucaterva variaria - male Bird Dropping Moth - Eucaterva variaria Moth - Eucaterva variaria - female Moth - Eucaterva variaria - male geometridae pupa and larva? - Eucaterva variaria Geometrid moth - Eucaterva variaria geometridae pupa and larva? - Eucaterva variaria
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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 Eucaterva
Species variaria (Eucaterva variaria - Hodges#6918)
Hodges Number
6918
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Eucaterva variaria Grote(1), 1882
Eucaterva labesaria Grote, 1882
Eucaterva lymax Druce, 1898
Numbers
There are two species of the genus Eucaterva listed for America north of Mexico. (2), (3)
Size
Powell & Opler (2009) reported the forewing length 15-16 mm. (4)
Comstock & Dammers (1932) reported the larva mature to 32 mm.
Identification
Specimens identified by DNA analysis:


Larva - typical Geometrid shape; two forms, one mauve on the dorsal half and the other blue-green (Comstock & Dammers, 1932).
Range
Powell & Opler (2009)reported the range to include western Texas to southern California. (4)
Season
Adults fly in March, June, and late July to early August.(4)
Food
Powell & Opler (2009)reported the larval host is Chilopsis linearis (Cav.) Sweet (desert willow). (4)
Life Cycle
Comstock & Dammers (1932) available online in the print references describes the life cycle.
Eggs, Larva, Larva refuge, pupa, adult:
See Also
Bob Patterson mentions the antennae spotting distinguishes from Grotellini. (sub-tribe Grotellina)
Print References
Comstock, J.A. & C.M. Dammers, 1932. The metamorphoses of six California Lepidoptera. Bull. Southern California Acad. Sci. 31: 98, pl. 33-35
Grote, A.R., 1882. Two new geometrids from Mr. Neumoegen's collection. Papilio 2(5): 80
Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America. University of California Press. p. 219; plate 30, fig. 20. [cite:238031, 218]
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (3)
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (5)
Moths of Southeastern Arizona (6)
Works Cited
1.Augustus Radcliffe Grote, Lepidopterist (1841-1903)
2.Check list of the Lepidoptera of America north of Mexico.
Hodges, et al. (editors). 1983. E. W. Classey, London. 284 pp.
3.North American Moth Photographers Group
4.Moths of Western North America
Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.
5.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
6.Moths of Southeast Arizona
Contributed by Jason D. Roberts on 23 August, 2007 - 11:35am
Additional contributions by Robin McLeod, Maury Heiman, Randy Hardy, Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 24 March, 2018 - 12:15am

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