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Species Lobocleta plemyraria - Straight-lined Wave Moth - Hodges#7097

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Range · Season · Food · See Also · 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 Sterrhinae
Tribe Sterrhini
Genus Lobocleta
Species plemyraria (Straight-lined Wave Moth - Hodges#7097)
Hodges Number
7097
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Lobocleta plemyraria (Guenée, [1858])
Acidalia plemyraria Guenée, [1858]
Acidalia balistaria Guenée, 1857
A. perirrorata Packard, 1873
Eois rufescens Hulst, 1896
Lobocleta moricaria Dyar, 1923
Euacidalia helena Cassino, 1931
Size
Powell & Opler (2009) listed the forewing length as 7-9 mm.(1)
Range
Heppner (2003) reported the range to include New Jersey to Florida, South Dakota to Texas. (2)
Moth Photographers Group includes New Mexico to southern California. (3),(4)
Season
The main flight period is March through October. (3)
Heppner (2003) reported year round in Florida. (2)
Food
Heppner (2003) reported the host as unknown. (2)
Powell & Opler (2009) mentioned Noel McFarland reported the larval host as Chamaesyce sp. (sandmat). (1)
See Also
Lobocleta lanceolata
Lobocleta griseata
Print References
Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America. University of California Press, plate 31, fig. 26; p. 222. (1)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (3)
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (5)
Moths of Southeastern Arizona (4)
Works Cited
1.Moths of Western North America
Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.
2.Arthropods of Florida and Neighboring Land Areas: Lepidoptera of Florida
J.B. Heppner. 2003. Florida Department of Agriculture 17(1): 1-670.
3.North American Moth Photographers Group
4.Moths of Southeast Arizona
5.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Jeff Hollenbeck on 3 February, 2007 - 5:49pm
Additional contributions by Maury Heiman, Randy Hardy
Last updated 2 October, 2014 - 12:30am

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