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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 » Chloropteryx » Chloropteryx nordicaria - Hodges#7076 (Chloropteryx nordicaria)

Species Chloropteryx nordicaria - Hodges#7076

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Chloropteryx nordicaria - male Chloropteryx nordicaria Chloropteryx nordicaria Chloropteryx nordicaria green moth - Chloropteryx nordicaria - male green moth - Chloropteryx nordicaria - male Emerald Moth - Chloropteryx nordicaria Chloropteryx nordicaria? - Chloropteryx nordicaria - 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 Geometrinae (Emeralds)
Tribe Hemitheini
Genus Chloropteryx
Species nordicaria (Chloropteryx nordicaria - Hodges#7076)
Hodges Number
7076
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Chloropteryx nordicaria (Schaus, 1901)
Gelasma nordicaria Schaus, 1901
Numbers
Ferguson (1985) listed 3 species of the genus Chloropteryx in America north of Mexico. (1)
Size
Ferguson (1985) listed the forewing length. (1)
♂ 8-9 mm.
♀ 10.0-10.5 mm.
Identification
Range
South Texas; Mexico to Central America.
Print References
Ferguson, D.C., 1985. The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 18.1. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation, p. 112; pl. 4.73-75. (1)
Schaus, W., 1901. New species of Geometridae from tropical America. Transactions of the American Entomological Society. 27: 253.
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (2)
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (3)
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
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 17 September, 2013 - 8:44am
Last updated 23 October, 2013 - 11:14am

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