Species Chlorochlamys phyllinaria - Thin-lined Chlorochlamys Moth - Hodges#7074

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Chlorochlamys phyllinaria (Zeller, 1872)

Euchrostis phyllinaria Zeller, 1872

Nemoria phyllinaria

Eucrostis zelleraria Packard, 1876

Chlorochlamys vertaria Peasall, 1908

Chlorochlamys curvifera Prout, 1912

Chlorochlamys fletcheraria Sperry, 1949

* phylogenetic sequence #207825

Specific name phyllinaria is derived from Greek meaning "leaf-like". (1)

Forewing length: ♂ 6-9 mm, ♀ 7.0-10.5 mm. (2)

Adult - male antenna bipectinate, tapering to a simple tip; female antenna slender and simple. Generally recognized by its small size, intense olive green color, sometimes tan or reddish brown (Prout's type specimen), and thin, sharp whitish or yellowish lines that frequently widen abruptly at the costa. Hindwing similar but with antemedial line always lacking. Upper thorax and abdomen green, becomimg whitish towards the end, with no mid-dorsal stripe as seen in C. appellaria. (2)

Ranges discontinuously from Georgia to California, northward in the central states to Nebraska. (3)

Adults fly June through September in most of its range and March through November in the southwest. (2)

Chlorochlamys appellaria

Ferguson, D.C. 1969. A revision of the moths of the subfamily Geometrinae of America north of Mexico (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Peabody Museum Nat. Hist. Bulletin 29: 203 (2)

Ferguson, D.C. 1985. The Moths of North America. Fascicle 18.1: p.108; pl.4.42-46 (3)

Prout, L.B. 1913. Lepidoptera Heterocera. Fam. Geometridae. Subfam. Hemitheinae. Genera Insectorum, fasc. 129: 177 (Chlorochlamys curvifera)

Sperry, J.L. 1949. Two apparently new species of geometrids form the southwest. Bull. Southern California Acad. Sci. 48(2): 43 (Chlorochlamys fletcheraria)

Zeller, F.C. 1872. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der nordamerikanischen Nachtfalter, besonders microlepidopteran. Zoologisch-Botanische Gesellschaft in Wien 22: 479

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