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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Geometrid and Swallowtail Moths (Geometroidea) » Geometrid Moths (Geometridae) » Emeralds (Geometrinae) » Hemitheini » Chloropteryx » Angle-winged Emerald - Hodges#7075 (Chloropteryx tepperaria)

Species Chloropteryx tepperaria - Angle-winged Emerald - Hodges#7075

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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 Geometrinae (Emeralds)
Tribe Hemitheini
Genus Chloropteryx
Species tepperaria (Angle-winged Emerald - Hodges#7075)
Hodges Number
7075
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Chloropteryx tepperaria (Hulst, 1886) (1), (2)
Has been listed incorrectly elsewhere as C. teppararia.
Phylogenetic sequence # 207850
Numbers
There are three named species of Chloropteryx in America north of Mexico. (3), (1), (2)
Size
Forewing length: (1), (2)
♂ 9-10.5 mm.
♀ 9.5-12 mm.
Range
New Jersey to Florida(4),(5) and west to Texas(6), Oklahoma(7). (3), (8)
Season
Adults fly from March to October; year round in Florida(4). (3), (1), (2)
Food
Host plants: (2), (4)
Taxodium distichum (L.) Rich. (bald cypress).
Tsuga canadensis (L.) Carrière (eastern hemlock).
Rhus copallina L. (winged sumac). (4)
See Also
Compare to others on the archived photos of living moths and pinned plates of Moth Photographers Group.
Print References
Covell, C.V. 1984. Peterson Field Guides: Eastern Moths. p. 375 & plate 46 #11 (9)
Ferguson, D.C., 1985. The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 18.1: p. 111; pl. 4.69-72.(1)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group
Maryland Moths
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)
Works Cited
1.The Moths of America North of Mexico Fascicle 18.1. Geometroidea, Geometridae (Part), Geometrinae
Douglas C. Ferguson . 1985. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.
2. A revision of the moths of the subfamily Geometrinae of America north of Mexico (Insecta, Lepidoptera)
Douglas C. Ferguson. 1969. Peabody Museum of Natural History Yale University Bulletin 29.
3.North American Moth Photographers Group
4.Arthropods of Florida and Neighboring Land Areas: Lepidoptera of Florida
J.B. Heppner. 2003. Florida Department of Agriculture 17(1): 1-670.
5.Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Florida
6.Moths of Dallas County, Texas
7.Oklahoma moth species list by county (PDF)
8.South Carolina Moth Species
9.Peterson Field Guides: Eastern Moths
Charles V. Covell. 1984. Houghton Mifflin Company.
Contributed by Mike Boone on 1 June, 2005 - 3:59pm
Additional contributions by Maury Heiman, Fyn Kynd
Last updated 18 June, 2014 - 5:21pm

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