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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 herbaria - Hodges#7061 (Synchlora herbaria)

Species Synchlora herbaria - Hodges#7061

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Synchlora herbaria sanctaecrucis - The Virgin Islands Emerald Moth - Synchlora herbaria
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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 herbaria (Synchlora herbaria - Hodges#7061)
Hodges Number
7061
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Synchlora herbaria (Fabricius, 1794)
Phalaena herbaria Fabricius, 1794
Synonyms
Racheospila sitellaria Guenee, 1858
Geometra congruata Walker, 1861
Synchlora louisa var. (?) hulstiana Dyar, 1901
Numbers
Ferguson (1985) included twelve species of the genus Synchlora in America north of Mexico. (1)
Size
Ferguson (1985) reported the forewing length. (1)
♂ 6-8 mm.
♀ 8-9.5 mm.
Identification
Range
Florida(2) and throughout the Caribbean. (1)
Season
Ferguson (1985)(1) and Heppner (2003)(3) reported the adults have been collected every moth of the year in Florida.(1)
Food
Ferguson (1985)(1) and Heppner (2003)(3) listed the following host plants.
Lantana camara L. (lantana). (1), (3)
Phytolacca americana L. (American pokeweed). (3)
Pisonia aculeata L. (pullback). (3)
See Also
Synchlora herbaria is unlike any species of Synchlora found north of Mexico. (1)
Print References
Dyar, H.G., 1901. Notes on the winter Lepidoptera of Lake Worth, Florida. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 4: 457.
Ferguson, D.C., 1985. The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 18.1. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation. p. 89; pl. 3.76-78. (1)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (4)
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (5)
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.Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Florida
3.Arthropods of Florida and Neighboring Land Areas: Lepidoptera of Florida
J.B. Heppner. 2003. Florida Department of Agriculture 17(1): 1-670.
4.North American Moth Photographers Group
5.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 20 November, 2013 - 9:47pm
Last updated 21 November, 2013 - 10:06am

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