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Species Synchlora faseolaria - Hodges#7067

Small Emerald - Synchlora faseolaria - male

Emerald Moth - Nemoria vs Dichorda - Synchlora faseolaria

Nemoria pulcherrima - Synchlora faseolaria - female

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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 Synchlorini

Genus Synchlora

Species faseolaria (Synchlora faseolaria - Hodges#7067)

Hodges Number

7067

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Described in 1857 or 1858 by Achille Guénée as Nemoria faseolarea.

Listed by Nomina Nearctica as Cheteoscelis faseolaria

Listed by The Global Lepidoptera Names Index as Merochlora faseolaria

Annemoria faseolaria

Chlorosea pervidaria of Packard, 1876 is generally agreed to be a synonym for this species.

Explanation of Names

faseolaria is possibly from faseolus, a variant of phaseolus, which comes from Greek phaselos (φασηλος) or phasiolos (φασιολος)- "a type of bean". It might also be from phaselus, a Latin word for a boat similar in shape to a bean pod.

The ending -aria is a suffix usually meaning “pertaining to, connected with”

Size

Wing length 10-12 mm

Identification

Bright green moth with white hindwings that have some green toward the back edge.

Range

Like its larval host plant, Artemisia californica, pretty much restricted to California, in areas of some coastal influence.

Habitat

Scrub and chaparral areas at lower elevations

Season

In northern California, flies in June/July. In southern California, reported for most of the year.

Food

Larvae feed on Artemisia californica, California Sagebrush.

Remarks

Said to show geographic variation from the northern to southern ends of its range

Internet References

Histoire naturelle des insectes; spécies général des Lépidoptères, v.9,p.351 Original description of the species (in French)

Moth Photographers Group – Synchlora faseolaria – 7067 Image of spread adult specimen.

A Revision of the Moths of the Subfamily Geometrinae of America North of Mexico (Insecta, Lepidoptera), by Douglas C. Ferguson, p.177 Species account

Contributed by Chuck Entz on 2 July, 2009 - 3:17pm
Last updated 2 July, 2009 - 7:08pm

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