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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Geometrid and Swallowtail Moths (Geometroidea) » Geometrid Moths (Geometridae) » Sterrhinae » Cosymbiini » Cyclophora » Waxmyrtle Wave Moth  - Hodges#7137 (Cyclophora myrtaria)

Species Cyclophora myrtaria - Waxmyrtle Wave Moth - Hodges#7137

Classification · Hodges Number · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Identification · Food · See Also · Internet References · Works Cited
Cyclophora packardi? If this identification is in error, please advise. Thanks - Cyclophora myrtaria Moth - Cyclophora myrtaria Black-dotted Ruddy Moth? - Cyclophora myrtaria Cyclophora myrtaria Cyclophora packardi - Packard's Wave - Cyclophora myrtaria Waxmyrtle Wave Moth - Hodges#7137 - Dorsal - Cyclophora myrtaria Cyclophora myrtaria Cyclophora myrtaria
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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 Sterrhinae
Tribe Cosymbiini
Genus Cyclophora
Species myrtaria (Waxmyrtle Wave Moth - Hodges#7137)
Hodges Number
7137
Other Common Names
Myrtaria Wave Moth
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Cyclophora myrtaria (Guenée, 1858)
Cyclophora triseriata Prout, 1936
Ephyra ignotaria Walker, 1863
Ephyra myrtaria Guenee, 1857
Phylogenetic Sequence # 910545
Identification
Specimen identified by DNA analysis:

See discussion of identification issues in Remarks under this image:
Food
Southern Wax Myrtle (Myrica cerifera) and presumably other members of the genus. Also reported to have been successfully reared on oak (1).
See Also
Cyclophora benjamini (Florida)

Packard's Wave, Cyclophora packardi
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (2)
BOLD Systems (3)
Works Cited
1.Geometroid Caterpillars of Northeastern and Appalachian Forests
Wagner, David; Ferguson, Douglas; McCabe, Timothy; Reardon, Richard. 2001. Forest Service, US Dept of Agriculture.
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
3.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Jeff Hollenbeck on 29 October, 2007 - 5:20pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Robert Lord Zimlich, George Smiley, Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 2 September, 2022 - 3:50pm

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