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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 » Caberini » Chloraspilates » Chloraspilates minima - Hodges#6701 (Chloraspilates minima)

Species Chloraspilates minima - Hodges#6701

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Food · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
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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 Caberini
Genus Chloraspilates
Species minima (Chloraspilates minima - Hodges#6701)
Hodges Number
6701
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Chloraspilates minima (Hulst, 1898)
Caberodes minima Hulst, 1898
Numbers
One of two species found in America north of Mexico.
Size
Wingspan 22-28 mm. (1), (2)
Hulst (1898) listed a wingspan of 28 mm.(2)
Identification

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Range
Southern and western Texas to Arizona.
Food
Probable host is lotebush (Ziziphus obtusifolia).
See Also
Chloraspilates bicoloraria
Print References
Hulst, G.D. 1898. Descriptions of new genera and species of the Geometrina of North America. The Canadian Entomologist 30(8): 219. (2)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (1)
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (3)
Works Cited
1.North American Moth Photographers Group
2.Descriptions of new genera and species of the Geometrina of North America
George D. Hulst. 1898. The Canadian Entomologist 30(6-8): 158-164.
3.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 16 November, 2009 - 10:24am
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy
Last updated 21 December, 2013 - 7:57am

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