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Species Callizzia amorata - Gray Scoopwing - Hodges#7650

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Life Cycle · 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 Uraniidae (Swallowtail Moths)
Subfamily Epipleminae (Scoopwing Moths)
Genus Callizzia
Species amorata (Gray Scoopwing - Hodges#7650)
Hodges Number
7650
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Callizzia amorata Packard, 1876
* formerly placed in family Epiplemidae, now treated as a subfamily (Epipleminae) of Uraniidae.
Numbers
one of two species in this genus in North America
Size
Forewing length 10-11 mm.(1)
Identification
Adult: outer margin of forewing even, slightly rounded; wings brownish-gray; lines, terminal spot on forewing, and median shade of hindwing blackish; hindwing margin deeply scooped
[description by Charles Covell]

Larva: head brown; body dark gray above, whitish or pale gray below, with blackish lateral line separating top from bottom
Range
all of United States and southern Canada. (2), (3), (4)
Habitat
Powell & Opler (2009, p. 203) suggest that in western North America the species is "primarily [found] in wooded hilly or mountainous areas"(1), but that doesn't seem to apply elsewhere.
Season
Adults fly June to August in the West and begin to appear in April in the East.(1)
Food
Larvae feed on leaves of honeysuckle (Lonicera spp.) and snowberry Symphoricarpos spp.) (5)
Life Cycle
Dyar's (1902) description of the life history is available online in the print references below.
See Also
Brown Scoopwing (Calledapteryx dryopterata) is browner and has large scoop in outer margin of forewing, lined with dark brown

Antiplecta triangularis which is restricted to deep south Texas
Print References
Dyar, H.G. 1902. The life history of a second epiplemid (Callizzia amorata Pack.) Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 5: 131.
Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler 2009. Moths of Western North America. University of California Press. pl. 27.14; p. 203.(1)
Internet References
Pacific Northwest Moths
Moth Photographers Group
pinned adult image (CBIF)
live adult image plus food plant and flight season (Lynn Scott, Ontario)
live larva and adult images plus other info (Jeremy Tatum, Butterflies and Moths of Southern Vancouver Island)
distribution in Canada list of provinces (CBIF)
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)
Works Cited
1.Moths of Western North America
Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.
2.Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Florida
3.Essig Museum of Entomology, California Moth Species List
4.Moths of Dallas County, Texas
5.Pacific Northwest Moths
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 10 February, 2006 - 8:59am
Additional contributions by Maury Heiman, Chuck Sexton, Blocky
Last updated 18 May, 2021 - 7:30am

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