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Species Cyclophora packardi - Packard's Wave - Hodges#7136

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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 Cosymbiini
Genus Cyclophora
Species packardi (Packard's Wave - Hodges#7136)

Hodges Number

7136

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Cyclophora packardi (Prout, 1936)
Cosymbia packardi Prout, 1936
Phylogenetic Sequence # 910544

Size

Wingspan 17-23 mm. (1)

Identification

Wings yellowish to orangish-brown, not mottled; discal spots hollow or filled with white; AM and PM lines made of bold gray dots, distinct and uniformly separated; solid gray median line sometimes present. [adapted from description by Charles Covell]
Specimens identified by DNA analysis:

Range

Eastern United States (Maine to Florida, west to Texas, north to Iowa and Ohio)
Moth Photographers Group map

Season

adults fly from April or May to September

Food

Unknown; possibly sweet-fern or oak. (1) Recorded on oak.

Life Cycle

Larva; older larva; dark larva; pupa; adult

See Also

The Waxmyrtle Wave Moth, Cyclophora myrtaria is very similar, but usually has a row of dark abdominal spots and more paired spots on the thorax.


The Sweetfern Geometer, Cyclophora pendulinaria, has whitish or grayish wings and the dots on its AM and PM lines are not as bold or distinct.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (2)
Dalton State College
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (3)

Works Cited

1.Peterson Field Guide to Moths of Northeastern North America
David Beadle and Seabrooke Leckie. 2012. Houghton Mifflin.
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
3.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 18 December, 2005 - 6:08pm
Additional contributions by Maury Heiman, marcie oconnor, Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 2 September, 2022 - 5:05pm

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