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Species Synchlora herbaria - Hodges#7061

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)

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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