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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) » Hemitheini » Xerochlora » Xerochlora inveterascaria - Hodges#7079 (Xerochlora inveterascaria)

Species Xerochlora inveterascaria - Hodges#7079

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Range · Habitat · 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 Geometrinae (Emeralds)

Tribe Hemitheini

Genus Xerochlora

Species inveterascaria (Xerochlora inveterascaria - Hodges#7079)

Hodges Number

7079

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Xerochlora inveterascaria (Swett, 1907)

Chlorochlamys inveterascaria Swett, 1907

Numbers

Ferguson (1985) included five species of the genus Xerochlora in America north of Mexico. (1)

Size

Swett (1907) listed the wingspan as 20 mm.

Ferguson (1985) listed the forewing length. (1)

♂ 9.5-10.5 mm.

♀ 11-13 mm.

Range

Known only from Southeastern Arizona; Chisos Mountains, Big Bend National Park. (1)

Holotype ♂ collected in Tuscon, Arizona

Habitat

Xerochlora inveterascaria occurs at 3,950-6,000 foot elevations. (1)

Season

Ferguson (1985) reported adults during July and August in Arizona. (1)

He reported February, March, early May to early June in Texas. (1)

Food

Ferguson (1985) did not mention a larval host plant. (1)

Life Cycle

Ferguson (1985) stated the immature stages were unknown. (1)

See Also

Xerochlora martinaria

Print References

Ferguson, D.C., 1985. The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 18.1. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation, p. 117; pl. 4.51-55. (1)

Swett, L.W., 1907. Geometrid notes, with descriptions of new species. The Canadian Entomologist, 39: 379.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (2)

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (3)

Moths of Southeastern Arizona (4) - - photo

Works Cited

1.	The Moths of America North of Mexico Fascicle 18.1. Geometroidea, Geometridae (Part), Geometrinae Douglas C. Ferguson . 1985. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.

2.	North American Moth Photographers Group

3.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

4.	Moths of Southeast Arizona

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 28 August, 2013 - 12:03am
Last updated 23 October, 2013 - 11:54am

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