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Species Prochoerodes truxaliata - Hodges#6977

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Life Cycle · 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 Geometroidea (Geometrid and Swallowtail Moths)
Family Geometridae (Geometrid Moths)
Subfamily Ennominae
Tribe Ourapterygini
Genus Prochoerodes
Species truxaliata (Prochoerodes truxaliata - Hodges#6977)
Hodges Number
6977
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Prochoerodes truxaliata (Guenée, [1858])
Tetracis truxaliata Guenée, [1858]
Size
Wingspan about 40 mm. (1)
Identification
Identification confirmed by Cliff Ferris
Range
Southwestern states. (2), (1), (3)
Moth Photographers Group - large map with some distribution data.
Season
Records of adults are mostly from April to November. (1)
Food
Larval host is Baccharis pilularis DC. (coyotebrush). (4)
Life Cycle
Life cycle in PDF. (4)
See Also
Some Pero species are similar.
Compare to others on the pinned plates of Moth Photographers Group
Print References
Guenée, 1857. Phal. 1: p. 142, 208, pl. 20, fig 9.
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (1)
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (5)
Works Cited
1.North American Moth Photographers Group
2.Essig Museum of Entomology, California Moth Species List
3.Survey of Utah Moth Species
4.Host specificity and biology of Prochoerodes truxaliata (Guenée) Geometridae, a potential biocontrol agent for the ...
W. A. Palmer, J. W. Tilden. 1987. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 41(4): 199-208.
5.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 7 April, 2013 - 9:38pm
Last updated 23 September, 2014 - 5:29pm

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