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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 » Sphacelodini » Sphacelodes » Sphacelodes vulneraria - Hodges#6800 (Sphacelodes vulneraria)

Species Sphacelodes vulneraria - Hodges#6800

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Identification · Range · Food · Internet References
Sphacelodes vulneraria, feeding - Sphacelodes vulneraria - male A well worn Sphacelodes vulneraria perhaps - Sphacelodes vulneraria - female Sphacelodes Moth - Hodges #6800 - Sphacelodes vulneraria - female Sphacelodes vulneraria - female Sphacelodes vulneraria - female different moth - Sphacelodes vulneraria - female different moth - Sphacelodes vulneraria - female Sphacelodes vulneraria
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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 Sphacelodini
Genus Sphacelodes
Species vulneraria (Sphacelodes vulneraria - Hodges#6800)
Hodges Number
6800
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Sphacelodes vulneraria (Hübner, 1823)
Identification
Dusky brown upperwings with a small obtuse yellow or orange triangle along the leading edge. Antenna are the same color as those triangles, contrasting strongly with the dark head and body. A single tiny white fleck near the leading edge of the hindwing. Two or three concentric bands of darker brown on each wing.
Male                         Female
Range
Recorded in the US from the Florida Keys, Texas, Louisiana, Maryland, and New York. Ranges south through the Caribbean and Mexico into South America.
Food
In Costa Rica, the caterpillar has been collected and reared on Zizyphus guatemalensis (Rhamnaceae).
Internet References
Guanacaste caterpillar, food plant, and parasitoid database
A List of the Insects of New York State
A Working List of Maryland Moths
Moths of St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Moths of Belize
Contributed by Joshua Stuart Rose on 22 December, 2006 - 12:13pm
Additional contributions by Chuck Entz, Robert Lord Zimlich
Last updated 1 November, 2015 - 7:50pm

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