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Chloropteryx Hulst, 1896

Chloropteryx Hulst, 1896; Trans. Am. ent. Soc. 23 : 314, TS: Nemoria tepperaria Hulst
Chloropteryx (Hemitheini) ; [NACL, 99]; [MNA18.1, 11, 111]

Chloropteryx tepperaria (Hulst, 1886)

Florida - Texas, Kentucky, Virginia, Maryland, New Jersey, Mississippi, Louisiana. See [About maps] Nemoria tepperaria Hulst, 1886; Ent. Amer. 2 : 122, TL: North Carolina
Chloropteryx tepperaria, Moth Photographers Group [MPG]
Chloropteryx tepperaria ; [NACL, #7075]; [MNA18.1: 111, f. 4b, 26c, 28i-j, 30e, pl. 4, f. 69-72]

Larva on (reared on) Taxodium distichum, Tsuga canadensis, Rhus copallina [MNA18.1, 112]

Chloropteryx nordicaria (Schaus, 1901)

Mexico, Texas. See [About maps] Gelasma nordicaria Schaus, 1901; Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. 27 : 253, TL: Orizaba, Mexico
Chloropteryx nordicaria, Moth Photographers Group [MPG]
Chloropteryx nordicaria ; [NACL, #7076]; [MNA18.1: 112, f. 28k-l, 30d, pl. 4, f. 73-75]

Chloropteryx paularia (Möschler, 1886)

Florida, Antilles, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Jamaica, Martinique. See [About maps] Nemoria paularia Möschler, 1886; Abh. senckenb. nat. Ges. 14 (3) : 68, TL: Jamaica
?Aplodes punctata Warren, 1904; Novit. zool. 11 : 19, TL: Upper Park, Jamaica

= ; [NACL, #7077]
= ?; [MNA18.1, 113]

Chloropteryx paularia, Moth Photographers Group [MPG]
Chloropteryx paularia ; [NACL, #7077]; [MNA18.1: 113, f. 2d, 26d, 28g-h, pl. 4, f. 66-68]; Becker & Miller, 2002, J. Lep. Soc. 56 (1): 39, f. 186

Larva on Myrica cerifera Becker & Miller, 2002, J. Lep. Soc. 56 (1): 39

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References:

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[MNA18.1]

Ferguson, 1985; The Moths of America North of Mexico; Fascicle 18.1; GEOMETROIDEA; Geometridae (Part)

[MPG]

North American Moth Photographers Group

[NACL]

Hodges, Ronald W. (ed.), 1983; Check List of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico

Some related literature:

Becker & Miller, 2002

The large moths of Guana Island, British Virgin Islands: a survey of efficient colonizers J. Lep. Soc. 56 (1): 9-44

Hulst, 1886

New Species of Geometridae, No. 2 Ent. Amer. 2 : 120-124

Hulst, 1896

Classification of the Geometrina of North America with descriptions of new genera and species Trans. Am. ent. Soc. 23 : 245-386, pl. 10-11

Möschler, 1886

Beiträge zur Schmetterlings-Fauna von Jamaica Abh. senckenb. nat. Ges. 14 (3) : 25-87, f. 1-30

Schaus, 1901

New species of Geometridae from Tropical America. I & II Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. 27 : 165-194, 241-276

Warren, 1904

New American Thyrididae, Uraniidae, and Geometridae Novit. zool. 11 : 1-173

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