Species Plataea polychroma - Hodges#6921.2

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Food · Life Cycle · 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 Ennominae

Tribe Ourapterygini

Genus Plataea

Species polychroma (Plataea polychroma - Hodges#6921.2 )

Hodges Number

6921.2

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Plataea polychroma Ferris & McFarland, 2010 (1)

Explanation of Names

Ferris & McFarland (2010) stated "We have selected the name polychroma (adjective) to represent both the color differences between the two sexes, and the color variation in the adult females." (1)

Identification

Ferris & McFarland (2010) original description in PDF. (1)

Range

Ferris & McFarland (2010) reports specimens collected in southern Arizona but mentions the range possibly includes New Mexico and western Texas where the host plant thrives. (1)

Food

Ferris & McFarland (2010) reported the species has been reared on several Salvia species but Blue Sage (Shrubby Sage) Salvia pinguifolia (Fernald) Wooton & Standley [Lamiaceae] appears to be the host. (1)

Life Cycle

Ferris & McFarland (2010) describe the life cycle in the PDF. (1)

Print References

Ferris, C. & N. McFarland, 2010. A new species of Plataea (Geometridae: Ennominae) from Southeastern Arizona. Journal of the Lepidopterists’ Society 64(2): 98–102; figs. 1-19.(1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (2)

The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (3)

Works Cited

1.	A new species of Plataea (Geometridae: Ennominae) from Southeastern Arizona. Clifford Ferris & Noel McFarland. 2010. Journal of the Lepidopterists’ Society, 64(2): 98–102.

2.	North American Moth Photographers Group

3.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 4 April, 2014 - 9:39am
Last updated 5 April, 2014 - 12:00am

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