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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Geometrid and Swallowtail Moths (Geometroidea) » Geometrid Moths (Geometridae) » Larentiinae » Hydriomenini » Tissue Moths (Triphosa) » Tissue Moth - Hodges#7285 (Triphosa haesitata)

Species Triphosa haesitata - Tissue Moth - Hodges#7285

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Habitat · Life Cycle · See Also · 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 Larentiinae
Tribe Hydriomenini
Genus Triphosa (Tissue Moths)
Species haesitata (Tissue Moth - Hodges#7285)
Hodges Number
7285
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Triphosa haesitata (Guenée, [1858])
Size
Wingspan circa 39 mm
Identification
FW is variable red brown with darker and lighter wavy bands. HW margin is strongly toothed.
Specimens identified by DNA analysis:

Some individuals have extensive dark markings. (variations)


Genitalia:
Habitat
The adults overwinter in caves where the temperature stays above freezing. (1)
Life Cycle
Larvae feed on Buckthorn, Rhamnus.
See Also
Barberry Geometer, Coryphista meadii.
T. haesitata lacks the black discal spot found on Coryphista meadii, just distad of the AM line near the costa.
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (2)
Maryland Moths
Butterflies and Moths of Southern Vancouver Island
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (3)
Works Cited
1.Scoliopteryx libatrix (Noctuidae) and triphosa haesitata (Geometridae) in caves in Manitoba, Canada
W. Brian McKillop. 1993. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 47(2): 106-113 .
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
3.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Tony on 20 April, 2005 - 11:42am
Additional contributions by cotinis, Jason D. Roberts, Maury Heiman, Robert Lord Zimlich, Harsi S. Parker, Kyhl Austin, Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 9 June, 2022 - 3:41pm

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