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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Geometrid and Swallowtail Moths (Geometroidea) » Geometrid Moths (Geometridae) » Ennominae » Angeronini » Euchlaena » Deep Yellow Euchlaena - Hodges#6733 (Euchlaena amoenaria)

Species Euchlaena amoenaria - Deep Yellow Euchlaena - Hodges#6733

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Deep Yellow Euchlaena - Hodges#6733 - Euchlaena amoenaria

Deep Yellow Euchlaena - Euchlaena amoenaria - 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 Ennominae

Tribe Angeronini

Genus Euchlaena

Species amoenaria (Deep Yellow Euchlaena - Hodges#6733)

Hodges Number

6733

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Euchlaena amoenaria (Guenée, [1858])

Euchlaena amoenaria astylusaria (1)

Phylogenetic sequence # 198700

Numbers

Euchlaena has 16 species in America north of Mexico.

Size

Wingspan 3-5 cm.

Identification

Large geometer with yellow to reddish wings, prominent light apical patch.

Range

Eastern North America. (2), (3), (4), (5)

Season

April-September (2 broods)

Heppner (2003) reported adults from January to June, August to September, November in Florida. (5)

Food

Heppner (2003) reported the larval host plant as unknown. (5)

Print References

Covell, p. 363, plate 51 #17 (6)

Holland, plate XLV #7 (7)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

Maryland Moths

Dallas Butterflies

Canadian Biodiversity

Georgia Leps: larva, larva

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)

Works Cited

1.	Descriptions of and notes on North American Geometridae (Lepidoptera) Frederick H. Rindge. 1956. American Museum Novitates 1784: 1-19.

2.	South Carolina Moth Species

3.	Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Florida

4.	An annotated checklist of the Missouri Geometridae (Lepidoptera) Roger L. Heitzman. 1973. Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera 12(3): 169-179.

5.	Arthropods of Florida and Neighboring Land Areas: Lepidoptera of Florida J.B. Heppner. 2003. Florida Department of Agriculture 17(1): 1-670.

6.	Peterson Field Guides: Eastern Moths Charles V. Covell. 1984. Houghton Mifflin Company.

7.	The Moth Book W.J. Holland. 1968. Dover.

Contributed by Cotinis on 9 April, 2004 - 6:10am
Additional contributions by Mike Boone, Maury Heiman
Last updated 17 June, 2013 - 10:27am

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