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Species Caripeta piniata - Northern Pine Looper - Hodges#6864

Northern Pine Looper - Hodges#6864 - Caripeta piniata - male Pennsylvania Moth - Caripeta piniata Caripeta piniata - Northern Pine Looper - Caripeta piniata Northern Pine Looper - Caripeta piniata - female 6864 Northern Pine Looper - Caripeta piniata - male Moth  - Caripeta piniata Northern Pine Looper - Caripeta piniata - male Caripeta piniata
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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 piniata (Northern Pine Looper - Hodges#6864)
Hodges Number
6864
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Caripeta piniata (Packard, 1870)
* phylogenetic sequence #202050
Size
wingspan about 34 mm, based on Moth Photographers Group specimen
Identification
Food
White Pine - Pinus strobus (Mass Moths)
See Also
Caripeta divisata

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Caripeta aequaliaria, a western species.

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Caripeta angustiorata
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group - range map, photos of larvae, living and pinned adults.
BOLD - Barcode of Life Data Systems - species account with collection map and photos of pinned adults.