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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Geometrid and Swallowtail Moths (Geometroidea) » Geometrid Moths (Geometridae) » Ennominae » Ourapterygini » Eucaterva » Eucaterva bonniwelli - Hodges#6919 (Eucaterva bonniwelli)

Species Eucaterva bonniwelli - Hodges#6919

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Range · Season · Food · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
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 Eucaterva
Species bonniwelli (Eucaterva bonniwelli - Hodges#6919)
Hodges Number
6919
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Eucaterva bonniwelli Cassino & Swett, 1922
Size
Cassino & Swett (1922) listed the wingspan 25-30 mm.
Range
Southern California to western Texas.
Season
The main flight period appears to be April to September.
Food
Cassino & Swett (1922) collected larvae on Chilopsis linearis (Cav.) Sweet (desertwillow) in Texas.
See Also
Eucaterva variaria Grote, 1882 cannot be separated with confidence at present. The two are likely conspecific. (Steve Nanz, pers. comm., 2023)
Print References
Cassino, S.E. & L.W. Swett, 1922. Some new Geometrids. The Lepidopterist 3(6-7): 148.
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (1)
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (2)
Works Cited
1.North American Moth Photographers Group
2.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 21 September, 2013 - 6:07pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz
Last updated 10 March, 2023 - 5:28am

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