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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 » Caripeta » Southern Pine Looper - Hodges#6869 (Caripeta aretaria)

Species Caripeta aretaria - Southern Pine Looper - Hodges#6869

Classification · Hodges Number · Size · Range · Remarks · Internet References
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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 Caripeta
Species aretaria (Southern Pine Looper - Hodges#6869)
Hodges Number
6869
Size
wingspan about 34 mm, based on Moth Photographers Group specimen
Range
eastern US from Florida to New York
Remarks
A rare or threatened species in many parts of its range.
Internet References
pinned adult image (Larry Line, Maryland)
pinned adult images of male and female (James Adams, Dalton State College, Georgia)
Moth Photographers Group pinned adult specimen
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 30 April, 2005 - 7:48pm
Additional contributions by anitagould
Last updated 12 April, 2006 - 12:22am

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