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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Flannel, Slug Caterpillar, Leaf Skeletonizer Moths and kin (Zygaenoidea) » Slug Caterpillar Moths (Limacodidae) » Parasa » Smaller Parasa - Hodges#4698 (Parasa chloris)

Species Parasa chloris - Smaller Parasa - Hodges#4698

Classification · Hodges Number · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · 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 Zygaenoidea (Flannel, Slug Caterpillar, Leaf Skeletonizer Moths and kin)
Family Limacodidae (Slug Caterpillar Moths)
Genus Parasa
Species chloris (Smaller Parasa - Hodges#4698)
Hodges Number
4698
Other Common Names
Small Parasa (1)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Parasa chloris (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854)
Neaera chloris Herrich-Schäffer, [1854]
Parasa chloris var. Huachuca
* phylogenetic sequence #141975
Explanation of Names
Species name chloris from Greek meaning "green." (2)
Size
Wingspan 1.8-2.7 cm.
Forewing length 11-14 mm. (3)
Identification
Adult: FW brown with large green patch that has a nearly straight outer edge. No darker brown patch in terminal border, as with Parasa indetermina (4)
Range
Southern New England south to east Texas. Disjunct population in southern Arizona. (5), (3); Ontario
Habitat
Deciduous forests.
Season
In the east caterpillars are present August to October. (1) Adults fly July through early September in southern Arizona. (3)
Food
Larvae feed on deciduous trees and shrubs, including apple, dogwood, elms and oaks. (1) Arizona populations have been found on willow (Salix). (3)

Dyar recorded on "oak, chestnut, wild cherry, hickory, and bayberry" (6)
See Also
Parasa indetermina - see Covell for differentiation (4)
Print References
Covell, p.411, plate 55 #11 (4)
Herrich-Schäffer, [1854]; Samml. aussereurop. Schmett. (I) 1 (10): pl.37, f.176
Himmelman, plate C-1 (7)
Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler 2009. Moths of Western North America. University of California Press. pl.20.35m; p.164 (3)
Wagner, p.88 (1)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group
Maryland Moths
Giff Beaton--caterpillar
Caterpillars of Eastern Forests
Works Cited
1.Caterpillars of Eastern Forests
David L. Wagner, Valerie Giles, Richard C. Reardon, Michael L. McManus. 1998. U.S. Dept of Agriculture, Forest Health Technology Enterprise Team.
2.Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms
Donald J. Borror. 1960. Mayfield Publishing Company.
3.Moths of Western North America
Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.
4.Peterson Field Guides: Eastern Moths
Charles V. Covell. 1984. Houghton Mifflin Company.
5.North American Moth Photographers Group
6.The Life-Histories of the New York Slug Caterpillars
Harrison G. Dyar. 1895. Journal of the New York Entomological Society.
7.Discovering Moths: Nighttime Jewels in Your Own Backyard
John Himmelman. 2002. Down East Books.
Contributed by Cotinis on 7 July, 2004 - 7:51pm
Additional contributions by Jason D. Roberts, Robert Lord Zimlich, Randy Hardy, lee_penner, Blocky
Last updated 27 January, 2021 - 11:07am

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