Chloropteryx tepperaria

Chloropteryx tepperaria
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukarya
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Subfamily: Geometrinae
Genus: Chloropteryx
Species: C. tepperaria
Binomial name
Chloropteryx tepperaria
(Hulst, 1886)
Synonyms
  • Nemoria tepperaria Hulst, 1886

Chloropteryx tepperaria, the angle-winged emerald moth, is a species of moth of the family Geometridae and is found in the southeastern United States.

Description

Adults

Like many emerald moths, adults have green wings and a green body with a white area between the eyes. The hindwings have a pointed outer margin, motivating the descriptive English name "angle-winged emerald." Forewings and hindwings each have antemedial and postmedial lines of disconnected, white spots and tan and brown, checkered terminal and costal lines.

Range

The species' occurrence range extends from Texas and Oklahoma in the west to Florida and Pennsylvania in the east.[1][2][3]

Life cycle

Adults

Adults have been reported from March to October north of Florida and in every month of the year in Florida.[1][2][3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Species Chloropteryx tepperaria - Angle-winged Emerald - Hodges#7075". bugguide.net. Retrieved 2014-11-19.
  2. 1 2 "Moth Photographers Group - Chloropteryx tepperaria - 7075". Moth Photographers Group. Retrieved 2014-11-19.
  3. 1 2 "Attributes of Chloropteryx tepperaria". butterfliesandmoths.org. Retrieved 2014-11-19.
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