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Genus Holochroa

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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 Nacophorini
Genus Holochroa
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Holochroa Hulst, 1896
Identification
Adults - gray or brown, with the hind wings either concolorous with or paler than the forewings, the females being larger than the males, the male antennae bipectinate. (1)
Range
A southwestern genus.
Food
Juniperus. (1)
Print References
Hulst, G.D., 1896. Classification of the Geometrina of North America, with descriptions of new genera and species. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 23: 352 (2)
Works Cited
1.A revision of the New World Nacophorini (Lepidoptera, Geometridae)
Frederick H. Rindge. 1983. Bulletin of the AMNH 175(2).
2.Classification of the Geometrina of North America, with descriptions of new genera and species
George D. Hulst. 1896. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 23: 245-386.
Contributed by Jason D. Roberts on 31 January, 2008 - 12:08pm
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy
Last updated 16 June, 2015 - 10:44pm

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