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Species Thyrinteina arnobia - Hodges#6772

Thyrinteina arnobia - Hodges #6772 - Thyrinteina arnobia

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Thyrinteina arnobia - Hodges #6772 - Thyrinteina arnobia - male

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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 Nacophorini

Genus Thyrinteina

Species arnobia (Thyrinteina arnobia - Hodges#6772)

Hodges Number

6772

Other Common Names

Eucalypt defoliator

Eucalyptus defoliator

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Thyrinteina arnobia (Stoll, 1782)

Phalaena geometra arnobia Stoll, 1782

Identification

The species has a normal and melanic form, south of the United States.

Range

Strays to southern Texas; Mexico to Central America.

Remarks

Research has concluded the Brazil population of Thyrinteina arnobia covers its eggs with compounds that are toxic to the parasitoid wasp Trichogramma maxacalii.

Thyrinteina arnobia is a major defoliating pest of Eucalyptus plantations in Brazil. (1)

Print References

Stoll, 1782. Cramer's Pap. Exot., 4: 188, table 383.1.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (2)

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (3)

Works Cited

1.	The eucalypt defoliator Thyrinteina arnobia (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) protects its eggs from parasitism Harley N. Oliveira, Teresinha V. Zanuncio, Jose C. Zanuncio, Jose E. Serrao. 2008. Biological Letters 45: 23-28.

2.	North American Moth Photographers Group

3.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 13 July, 2013 - 3:54pm
Last updated 23 October, 2013 - 2:44pm

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