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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 » Chlorochlamys » Chlorochlamys appellaria - Hodges#7073 (Chlorochlamys appellaria)

Species Chlorochlamys appellaria - Hodges#7073

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Geometrid - Chlorochlamys appellaria 7073 - Chlorochlamys appellaria - male Chlorochlamys appellaria Chlorochlamys appellaria Moth observed 5-22-2020 12:39 am southwest Hamilton County, Texas - Chlorochlamys appellaria - male Besma rubritincta? - Chlorochlamys appellaria Chlorochlamys appellaria Arizona Moth - Chlorochlamys appellaria Chlorochlamys appellaria
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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 Chlorochlamys
Species appellaria (Chlorochlamys appellaria - Hodges#7073)
Hodges Number
7073
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Chlorochlamys appellaria Pearsall, 1911 (1), (2)
Synonyms:
Chlorochlamys rubromediaria Cassino & Swett, 1925
Chlorochlamys hespera Sperry, 1951
Size
Forewing length: (1)
♂ 7-10 mm.
♀ 7.5-10 mm.
Identification
Original description online: 206
Adults - usually green, but may also be brown, rust, or, rarely cream. (3)
Larvae - yellow green with vague lighter lines and a yellow head. (3)
Range
Southern California(4), Nevada, and Utah(5), east to Oklahoma(6) and the coast of Texas(7). (8), (1)
Moth Photographers Group - large map with some distribution data.
Season
Most records are from mid-March to early October. (3)
Food
Larval host is Eriogonum (buckwheat)
See Also
Chlorochlamys phyllinaria which has thinner and more sinuous am and pm lines.

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Chlorochlamys triangularis which has white transverse lines instead of yellow.

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Compare to others on the archived photos of living moths and pinned plates of Moth Photographers Group.
Print References
Cassino, S.E. & L.W. Swett, 1925. Some new Geometridae. The Lepidopterist 4: 36(1)
Ferguson, D.C., 1969. A revision of the moths of the subfamily Geometrinae of America north of Mexico (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Peabody Museum of Natural History Yale University Bulletin 29: 200.
Ferguson, D.C., 1985. The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 18.1: Geometroidea, Geometridae (Part), Geometrinae. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation, p. 107; pl. 4.34-41.(1)
Pearsall, R.F., 1911. New geometrid genus, and a new species from the extreme southwest. The Canadian Entomologist, 43(6): 206
Powell, J.A., & P.A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America. University of California Press, pl.31.22, p.221.(3)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (9)
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (10)
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.Moths of Western North America
Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.
4.Essig Museum of Entomology, California Moth Species List
5.Survey of Utah Moth Species
6.Oklahoma moth species list by county (PDF)
7.Moths of Brackenridge Field Laboratory University of Texas at Austin
8.Moths of Southeast Arizona
9.North American Moth Photographers Group
10.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 3 September, 2009 - 6:04pm
Additional contributions by Chuck Entz, Randy Hardy
Last updated 24 April, 2014 - 8:01pm

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