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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 » Lobophorini » Heterophleps » Three-patched Bigwing - Hodges#7645 (Heterophleps refusaria)

Species Heterophleps refusaria - Three-patched Bigwing - Hodges#7645

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Identification · Range · Food · Life Cycle · See Also · Internet References · Works Cited

Three-patched Bigwing - Heterophleps refusaria

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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 Lobophorini

Genus Heterophleps

Species refusaria (Three-patched Bigwing - Hodges#7645)

Hodges Number

7645

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Heterophleps refusaria (Walker, 1861)

Nannia refusaria Hulst 1896

Macaria refusaria Walker, 1861

Heterophleps harveiata Packard, 1876

Heterophleps refusata of authors

Phylogenetic Sequence # 910486

Identification

Range

eastern NA (1)(2)

Food

Reared caterpillars accept clearweed and nettle (3)

Life Cycle

Larva; adult

See Also

The Three-spotted Fillip - Heterophleps triguttaria is very similar, but has less distinct lines, slightly larger costal spots, much less speckling overall and no dark blotches on the inner edges on the fore-wings.

In the Hydriomenini tribe, check out Perizoma costiguttata.

In the Ennominae subfamily, check out the Four-spotted Macaria - Macaria coortaria.

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In the Erebidae family, check out the Lettered Zanclognatha - Zanclognatha lituralis.

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Internet References

Butterflies and Moths of North America

Moth Photographers Group

BOLD

iNaturalist

Moths of North Carolina

Works Cited

1.	North American Moth Photographers Group

2.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

3.	Geometroid Caterpillars of Northeastern and Appalachian Forests Wagner, David; Ferguson, Douglas; McCabe, Timothy; Reardon, Richard. 2001. Forest Service, US Dept of Agriculture.

Contributed by tom murray on 25 January, 2008 - 5:05pm
Additional contributions by Joshua Stuart Rose, Chuck Entz, marcie oconnor, Blocky, Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 5 April, 2023 - 8:51am

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