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Species Episemasia solitaria - Hodges#6713

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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 Episemasia
Species solitaria (Episemasia solitaria - Hodges#6713)

Hodges Number

6713

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Episemasia solitaria (Walker, 1861) (1), (2)
Ephyra solitaria Walker, 1861 (1)
Ephyra stabilata Walker, 1861 (1)
Anisodes ? repugnata (Walker "1862") (1)
Episemasia morbosa (Hulst, 1896) (1)

Numbers

There are two named species of Episemasia in America north of Mexico.(1)

Range

Southeastern United States to New Jersey and west to Texas. (1), (3)
Type locality: USA: East Florida. (1)
Moth Photographers Group - large map with some distribution data.

Habitat

Undisturbed, sandy, coastal plains (James Adams, Dalton State)

Season

Most records are from February to September. (4)

Food

Larval host is American holly, Ilex opaca Aiton (1)

See Also

Ilecta intractata

Compare to related species on the pinned plates of Moth Photographers Group.

Print References

Ferguson, D.C. 2009. A revision of the red-brown Caberine Geometrids of the southeastern United States (Geometridae: Caberini). Tropical Lepidoptera Research, 19(1):35-51(1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group
Dalton State
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (5)

Works Cited

1.A revision of the red-brown Caberine Geometrids of the southeastern United States (Geometridae: Caberini).
Douglas C. Ferguson. 2009. Association for Tropical Lepidoptera .
2.Check list of the Lepidoptera of America north of Mexico.
Hodges, et al. (editors). 1983. E. W. Classey, London. 284 pp.
3.South Carolina Moth Species
4.North American Moth Photographers Group
5.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 20 May, 2010 - 12:23am
Last updated 11 April, 2014 - 8:59am

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