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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Geometrid and Swallowtail Moths (Geometroidea) » Geometrid Moths (Geometridae) » Emeralds (Geometrinae) » Synchlorini » Synchlora » Synchlora cupedinaria - Hodges#7064 (Synchlora cupedinaria)

Species Synchlora cupedinaria - Hodges#7064

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Synchlora cupedinaria - Hodges #7064 - Synchlora cupedinaria moth - Synchlora cupedinaria - male Synchlora cupedinaria - Synchlora cupedinaria - male Synchlora cupedinaria - Hodges#7064 - Synchlora cupedinaria - male Brown-bordered emerald (Synchlora cupedinaria) - Synchlora cupedinaria - female Synchlora cupedinaria - female Synchlora cupedinaria
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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 Geometrinae (Emeralds)
Tribe Synchlorini
Genus Synchlora
Species cupedinaria (Synchlora cupedinaria - Hodges#7064)
Hodges Number
7064
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Synchlora cupedinaria (Grote(1), 1880)
Racheospila cupedinaria Grote, 1880 (2)
Size
Forewing length: (3)
♂ 7-8.5 mm
♀ 8-10 mm
Identification
Distinctive brown border along the outer margin.
Range
Heppner (2003) listed the range as Florida, West Indies. (4), (5)
Moth Photographers Group includes Georgia. (6)
Season
Heppner (2003) reported adults in Florida from January to July, September to December. (5)
Food
Ferguson (1985) and Heppner (2003) reported the early stages as unknown. (5), (3)
Print References
Ferguson(7), D.C. 1969. A revision of the moths of the subfamily Geometrinae of America north of Mexico (Insecta, Lepidoptera), p. 168; plate 3, fig. 7; plate 22, figs. 4, 4a, 4b; plate 37, fig. 8; plate 47, figs. 35, 36. (8)
Ferguson, D.C., 1985. The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 18.1, p. 90; plate 4.5-6. (3)
Grote, A.R. 1880. New species of N. Am. moths. The Canadian Entomologist, 12(10): 218. (2)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (6)
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (9)
Works Cited
1.Augustus Radcliffe Grote, Lepidopterist (1841-1903)
2.New species of N. Am. moths
Augustus Radcliffe Grote . 1880. The Canadian Entomologist, 12(10): 213-220.
3.The Moths of America North of Mexico Fascicle 18.1. Geometroidea, Geometridae (Part), Geometrinae
Douglas C. Ferguson . 1985. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.
4.Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Florida
5.Arthropods of Florida and Neighboring Land Areas: Lepidoptera of Florida
J.B. Heppner. 2003. Florida Department of Agriculture 17(1): 1-670.
6.North American Moth Photographers Group
7.Alexander Douglas Campbell Ferguson - 1926-2002
R. W. Hodges. 2003. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 57(4): 299-303.
8. A revision of the moths of the subfamily Geometrinae of America north of Mexico (Insecta, Lepidoptera)
Douglas C. Ferguson. 1969. Peabody Museum of Natural History Yale University Bulletin 29.
9.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 1 June, 2013 - 7:06pm
Last updated 23 October, 2013 - 5:25pm

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