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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 » Ourapterygini » Caripeta » Caripeta interalbicans - Hodges#6866 (Caripeta interalbicans)

Species Caripeta interalbicans - Hodges#6866

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Range · Season · Remarks · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Red and white moth - Caripeta interalbicans
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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 Ourapterygini
Genus Caripeta
Species interalbicans (Caripeta interalbicans - Hodges#6866)
Hodges Number
6866
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Caripeta interalbicans Warren, 1904
Size
Warren (1904) listed the wingspan 44 mm.
Range
Southwestern states north to Utah. (1), (2), (3), (4)
Moth Photographers Group - large map with some distribution data.
Season
The main flight is June to August. (3)
Remarks
A note by Ferguson in the Smithsonian collection states that Caripeta aequaliaria and Caripeta interalbicans are the same species
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Franclemont collected larvae that he considered Caripeta aequaliaria, but Caripeta aequaliaria is known to have two larval forms.
See Also
Caripeta aequaliaria, with the more dentate antemedial line
Print References
Warren, W. 1904. New American Thyrididae, Uraniidae and Geometridae. Novitates Zoologicae 11: 135.
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (3)
Works Cited
1.Survey of Utah Moth Species
2.Moths of Southeast Arizona
3.North American Moth Photographers Group
4.Essig Museum of Entomology, California Moth Species List
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 19 August, 2011 - 6:28pm
Last updated 6 December, 2013 - 11:08pm

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