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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) » Synchlorini » Synchlora » Synchlora faseolaria - Hodges#7067 (Synchlora faseolaria)

Species Synchlora faseolaria - Hodges#7067

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Remarks · Internet References
Small green moth... Geometrinae? - Synchlora faseolaria - male emerald 2 - Synchlora faseolaria - male Moth for ID - Synchlora faseolaria - female Emerald Moth - Nemoria vs Dichorda - Synchlora faseolaria 7067 - Synchlora faseolaria Synchlora faseolaria - male Nemoria pulcherrima - Synchlora faseolaria - female 7067 - Synchlora faseolaria - male
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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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