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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Geometrid and Swallowtail Moths (Geometroidea) » Geometrid Moths (Geometridae) » Ennominae » Anagogini » Plagodis » Fervid Plagodis - Hodges#6843 (Plagodis fervidaria)

Species Plagodis fervidaria - Fervid Plagodis - Hodges#6843

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Life Cycle · Remarks · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

6843 – Plagodis fervidaria? - Plagodis fervidaria - male

Plagodis phlogosaria - Straight-lined Plagodis - Plagodis fervidaria - male

fervid plagodis - Plagodis fervidaria - female

Plagodis fervidaria? - Plagodis fervidaria

Unidentified Plagodis in Alabama - Plagodis fervidaria - 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 Plagodis

Species fervidaria (Fervid Plagodis - Hodges#6843)

Hodges Number

6843

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Plagodis fervidaria (Herrich-Schäffer, [1855])

Phylogenetic Sequence # 911276

Size

Wingspan 2.3-3.1 cm

Identification

Wings yellow. Variable streaking with brood (spring or summer). The AM and PM lines may be incomplete.

Spring form:

- Summer form:

Range

Eastern North America

Habitat

Deciduous forests

Season

April-September (two broods)

Life Cycle

Larvae feed on deciduous and other trees, such as ashes, maples, spruce.

Remarks

These distinctive moths do not look like most other geometers.

See Also

Check the discal spots and the position of the PM line at the costal edge near the apex, to rule out the Hollow-spotted Plagodis. (Plagodis alcoolaria)

Both forms may be easily confused with the Straight-lined Plagodis. (Plagodis phlogosaria)

Spring:

summer:

Print References

Covell, p. 368, plate 53 #3 (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

Butterflies and Moths of North America

Maryland Biodiversity Project

iNaturalist

Mass Moths

Moths of North Carolina

Works Cited

1.	Peterson Field Guides: Eastern Moths Charles V. Covell. 1984. Houghton Mifflin Company.

Contributed by Cotinis on 16 July, 2004 - 10:03pm
Additional contributions by anitagould, marcie oconnor, Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 4 May, 2024 - 5:30pm

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