Chloropteryx tepperaria

Chloropteryx tepperaria, the angle-winged emerald moth, is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by George Duryea Hulst in 1886 and it is found in the southeastern United States.

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

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' 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 year-round in Florida.[1][2][3]

References
  1. "Species Chloropteryx tepperaria - Angle-winged Emerald - Hodges#7075". BugGuide. Retrieved April 14, 2019.
  2. "910658 – 7075 – Chloropteryx tepperaria – Angle-winged Emerald Moth – (Hulst, 1886)". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved April 14, 2019.
  3. Lotts, Kelly & Naberhaus, Thomas (2017). "Angle Winged Emerald Moth Chloropteryx tepperaria (Hulst, 1886)". Butterflies and Moths of North America. Retrieved April 14, 2019.


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