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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 » Macariini » Heliomata » Common Spring Moth - Hodges#6261 (Heliomata cycladata)

Species Heliomata cycladata - Common Spring Moth - Hodges#6261

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 Ennominae
Tribe Macariini
Genus Heliomata
Species cycladata (Common Spring Moth - Hodges#6261)
Hodges Number
6261
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Heliomata cycladata Grote & Robinson, 1866
Heliomata fulliola Barnes & McDunnough, 1917
formerly in tribe Abraxini (1)
Size
wingspan about 20 mm (2)
Range
Moth Photographers Group - large map with some distribution data.
Season
Most records are from March through July. (2)
Food
Larvae feed on black locust and honey locust
See Also
Heliomata infulata
Print References
Ferguson, D.C. 2008. The Moths of North America, Fascicle 17.2, Geometroidea, Geometridae, Ennominae (part: Abaxini, Cassymini, Macariini). p. 51; pl. 1.31-32 (1)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)
live adult images (Larry Line)
live adult image (Lynn Scott)
pinned adult image (CBIF)
Works Cited
1.The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 17.2, Geometroidea, Geometridae, Ennominae.
Douglas C. Ferguson . 2008. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 9 January, 2005 - 10:00pm
Additional contributions by anitagould, Maury Heiman, Randy Hardy
Last updated 12 February, 2013 - 10:44pm

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