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Species Cepphis decoloraria - Dark Scallop Moth - Hodges#6834

Dark Scallop Moth - Hodges#6834 (Cepphis decoloraria) - Cepphis decoloraria - male Dark Scallop Moth - Cepphis decoloraria - female Dark Scallop Moth - Cepphis decoloraria Dark Scallop Moth - Cepphis decoloraria Dark Scallop Moth - Cepphis decoloraria - male dark scallop moth - Cepphis decoloraria Cepphis decoloraria - male Macaria ? - Cepphis decoloraria - male
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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 Anagogini
Genus Cepphis
Species decoloraria (Dark Scallop Moth - Hodges#6834)
Hodges Number
6834
Numbers
one of two species in this genus in North America; local and rare
Size
wingspan 25-28 mm
Identification
forewing brownish-gray with wavy margin and dark gray band in median area; AM line thin, dark; black semicircular patch along outer margin near apex
hindwing similarly colored but with scalloped outer margin
some specimens (southern ones?) have conspicuous pale speckling in median area of both wings
Range
Nova Scotia to Florida, west to Missouri, north to Manitoba
Season
adults fly from May to September in the north (2 broods)
Food
larvae feed on leaves of Rubus (raspberry etc.)
Life Cycle
two generations per year
See Also
Cepphis armataria is paler and its forewing margin is scalloped