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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Geometrid and Swallowtail Moths (Geometroidea) » Geometrid Moths (Geometridae) » Sterrhinae » Scopulini » Leptostales » Raspberry Wave Moth - Hodges#7177 (Leptostales laevitaria)

Species Leptostales laevitaria - Raspberry Wave Moth - Hodges#7177

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

Raspberry Wave Moth - Leptostales laevitaria

Leptostales laevitaria - Raspberry Wave Moth - Leptostales laevitaria

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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 Scopulini

Genus Leptostales

Species laevitaria (Raspberry Wave Moth - Hodges#7177)

Hodges Number

7177

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Leptostales floridata (Geyer, 1837)

Eois laevitaria Geyer, 1837

Euacidalia floridata (Packard, 1873)

Size

wingspan about 15 mm, based on Jim Vargo photo at MPG

Identification

Adult: forewing pink with pale yellow PM line, subterminal line, and basal strip extending halfway along costa; PM line broad; subterminal line thin, double; both lines smooth, almost straight; hindwing similar color and pattern as forewing but lacks basal strip

Range

southeastern United States: North Carolina to Florida(1), west to Mississippi

Habitat

wet lowland pine forests

Season

adults fly in spring and summer

See Also

Haematopis grataria has the reverse color combination - yellow wings with pink lines

Pyrausta signatalis forewing is darker pink, and lines are toothed and wavy

also see other pink-and-yellow moths: Rosy Maple Moth, Primrose Moth, Pink Prominent

Print References

Packard, 1873. Mon. Geom. p. 319; plate 10, f. 36.

Warren, W. 1895. New species and genera of Geometridae in the Tring Museum. Novitates Zoologicae 2. p. 95.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (2)

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (3)

live and pinned adult images by Paula Kennedy (Dalton State College, Georgia)

Works Cited

1.	Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Florida

2.	North American Moth Photographers Group

3.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 5 May, 2006 - 8:59pm
Additional contributions by Maury Heiman
Last updated 7 December, 2013 - 12:13pm

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