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Species Timandra amaturaria - Cross-lined Wave - Hodges#7147

Cross-lined Wave - Timandra amaturaria - male

Timandra amaturaria - Cross-lined Wave - Timandra amaturaria

Cross-lined Wave Moth - Timandra amaturaria - female

geometrid caterpillar - Timandra amaturaria

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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 Sterrhinae

Tribe Timandrini

Genus Timandra

Species amaturaria (Cross-lined Wave - Hodges#7147)

Hodges Number

7147

Other Common Names

Cobra Inchworm (larva)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Timandra amaturaria Walker, 1866

Numbers

The only species in this genus in North America.

Size

Wingspan 20-28 mm.

Identification

Adult: forewing hooked; hindwing pointed; oblique brown PM line seems to cross thin ST line below forewing apex, continues onto hindwing. [description by Charles Covell]

Larva: body black with yellow lateral streaks on A3 to A6; head and thorax with 2 dorsal and 2 lateral yellow stripes; A1 to A3 swollen. [description by Pedro Barbosa, U. of Maryland]

Some Bugguide images are reddish, rather than black. The last instar of this one maintained this color until it pupated.

Range

Massachusetts to Florida, west to Texas, north to Wisconsin.

Habitat

Open fields; adults fly during the day.

Season

The adults fly from May to September.

Food

The larvae feed on Buckwheat (Polygonum cristatum), crested bindweed, and dock (Rumex spp.).

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (1)

The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (2)

live adult image and common name reference [Cross-lined Wave] (Dave Czaplak, Maryland)

adult image (Larry Line, Maryland)

pinned adult image (James Adams, Dalton State College, Georgia)

Works Cited

1.	North American Moth Photographers Group

2.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 3 November, 2005 - 12:58pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, anitagould, Maury Heiman, Randy Hardy
Last updated 1 April, 2016 - 7:27pm

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