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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 pulcherrima - Hodges#6870 (Caripeta pulcherrima)

Species Caripeta pulcherrima - Hodges#6870

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Caripeta pulcherrima hyperactive moth - Caripeta pulcherrima Arizona Moth - Caripeta pulcherrima Arizona Moth - Caripeta pulcherrima Caripeta pulcherrima - female Caripeta pulcherrima Caripeta pulcherrima Caripeta pulcherrima
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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 pulcherrima (Caripeta pulcherrima - Hodges#6870)
Hodges Number
6870
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Caripeta pulcherrima (Guedet, 1941)
Lygris pulcherrima Guedet, 1941 (1)
Phylogenetic sequence #911304
Explanation of Names
Specific epithet from the Latin pulcher meaning "beauty". There are two others that share the name, the geometrid Nemoria pulcherrima (Barnes & McDunnough, 1916) and the tortricid Sparganothis pulcherrimana (Walsingham, 1879).
Size
Wingspan 31-33 mm. (2), (1)
Identification
Adult - Orange hindwings distinguish this species from all similar Caripeta species. See original description in Print References. (1)
Range
Southeastern Arizona.
Type location: Southwest Research Station, Cave Creek Canyon, Cochise County. (1)
Print References
Gaudet, E., 1941. Geometrid notes and new species (Lepidoptera). Pan-Pacific Entomologist 17(4): 192. (1)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group
BOLD Systems
Works Cited
1.Geometrid notes and new species (Lepidoptera).
Edward Gaudet. 1941. Pan-Pacific Entomologist 17(4): 190-192.
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
Contributed by Paul Dennehy on 31 January, 2012 - 11:04pm
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy
Last updated 20 November, 2017 - 6:02pm

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