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Species Chlorosea margaretaria - Hodges#7014

Chlorosea margaretaria? - Chlorosea margaretaria - male

Chlorosea margaretaria, No. 1 - Chlorosea margaretaria - female

Chlorosea margaretaria, No. 3 - Chlorosea margaretaria

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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 Nemoriini

Genus Chlorosea

Species margaretaria (Chlorosea margaretaria - Hodges#7014)

Hodges Number

7014

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Chlorosea margaretaria Sperry, 1944 (1)

Size

Ferguson (1985) listed the forewing length. (2)

♂ 13.5-16.5 mm.

♀ 16-18 mm.

Identification

Ferguson (1985) stated the species is "slightly smaller and paler than nevadaria or banksaria, often of a more bluish-green coloring, with a narrower, more pointed forewing and, most significantly, with a very oblique postmedial line on the forewing."

See Also

Chlorosea nevadaria

Chlorosea banksaria

Print References

Ferguson, D.C., 1969. A revision of the moths of the subfamily Geometrinae of America north of Mexico (Insecta, Lepidoptera. Peabody Museum of Natural History Yale University Bulletin 29, p. 25; pl. 6, figs. 1, 1a, 1 b; pl. 30, fig. 3; pl. 42, figs. 1-3. (3)

Ferguson, D.C., 1985. The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 18.1. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation, p. 18; pl. 1, figs. 5-6. (2)

Sperry, J.L., 1944. A revision of the genus Chlorosea Pack., with descriptions of new species (Lepidoptera: Geometridae). The Canadian Entomologist 76, p. 37. (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (4)

The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (5)

Works Cited

1.	A revision of the genus Chlorosea Pack., with descriptions of new species (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) J.L. Sperry. 1944. The Canadian Entomologist, 76: 33-39.

2.	The Moths of America North of Mexico Fascicle 18.1. Geometroidea, Geometridae (Part), Geometrinae Douglas C. Ferguson . 1985. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.

3.	A revision of the moths of the subfamily Geometrinae of America north of Mexico (Insecta, Lepidoptera) Douglas C. Ferguson. 1969. Peabody Museum of Natural History Yale University Bulletin 29.

4.	North American Moth Photographers Group

5.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 11 May, 2014 - 12:45am

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