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Genus Chlorochlamys

blackberry looper -- wood coloration - Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria

Blackberry looper - Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria

Geometridae Cyclophora - ? - Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria

Blackberry Looper caterpillar - Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria

Long slender caterpillar - Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria

3025731 larva - Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria

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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

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Chlorochlamys Hulst, 1896 (1)

Numbers

There are four named species of Chlorochlamys in America north of Mexico. (1)

chloroleucaria (Guenée)

triangularis Prout

appellaria Pearsall

phyllinaria (Zeller)

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.

Contributed by Christopher C Wirth on 1 October, 2005 - 2:36pm
Additional contributions by Maury Heiman
Last updated 10 March, 2013 - 7:14pm

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