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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 » Oxydia » Spurge Spanworm Moth - Hodges#6967 (Oxydia vesulia)

Species Oxydia vesulia - Spurge Spanworm Moth - Hodges#6967

Classification · Hodges Number · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Internet References
Moth id - Oxydia vesulia Oxydia vesulia - female Oxydia vesulia Oxydia vesulia Drepanoidea sp? - Oxydia vesulia Unidentified moth - Erebidae - Oxydia vesulia Maybe Ponopoda respanda? - Oxydia vesulia Oxydia vesulia? - Oxydia vesulia
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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 Oxydia
Species vesulia (Spurge Spanworm Moth - Hodges#6967)
Hodges Number
6967
Explanation of Names
Oxydia vesulia (Cramer, 1779)
Size
wingspan about 50 mm
Identification
forewing shape and markings reminiscent of Eutrapela species (e.g. Curve-toothed Geometer); sharply defined black spot near leading edge of hindwing is distinctive (in North America)
This species can be distinguished from the other member of this genus occurring in Florida by the combination of the well-defined t. p. line, the usually olivaceous coloring of the upper surface of the forewings, and by its larger size.
Range
FL peninsula, plus strays to GA, TX, & CA / W. Indies - Map (MPG)
Season
yr round in FL (MPG)
Food
larvae feed on Citrus
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group - MPG
Catalog of the Lepidoptera of the French Antilles
Moths of Belize - MOB
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 4 April, 2005 - 1:02am
Additional contributions by Jeff Hollenbeck, anitagould, Mike Quinn, Arturo Santos
Last updated 13 December, 2021 - 2:41pm

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