Overview
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Common Names
Common Names in English:
Chestnut Clearwing Moth, Chestnut Leaf Miner Moth, Tissue Moth
Description
Family Geometridae
'The Geometer Moths are the second largest family
of moths in North America. This family includes many serious agricultural and forest
pests. These moths are small to medium in size, with slender bodies and broad wings. On average, the wingspan of these moths is 1-6 cm, though the females of some species lack wings entirely. Larvae are usually twiglike and lack the first 2-3 pairs of prolegs. They move by extending the front of the body as far forward as possible, then bringing the rear
of the body up to meet it; this is how they have gotten the name
"inchworm" or "measuringworm." Larvae usually feed
externally on leaves and pupate in loose
cocoons
in leaf litter
or soil.
'[1]
Physical Description
Species Triphosa haesitata
Forewing is variable red brown with darker and lighter wavy bands . The hindwing margin is strongly dentate . (ref. 109412)
Size/Age/Growth
Wing span : 3.9 cm. (ref. 109412)
Habitat
Biome: Terrestrial
Biology
Diet
Caterpillar hosts: Cascara (Rhamnus purshinana) (ref. 109412)
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Protostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Ecdysozoa
()
- Aguinaldo Et Al., 1997 Ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Superphylum:
Panarthropoda
()
- Cuvier
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
()
- Latreille, 1829
- Arthropods
- Subphylum:
Mandibulata
()
- Snodgrass, 1938
- Infraphylum:
Atelocerata
()
- Heymons, 1901
- Superclass:
Panhexapoda
()
- Epiclass:
Hexapoda
()
- Class:
Insecta
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Insects
- Subclass:
Dicondylia
()
- Infraclass:
Pterygota
()
- Cohort:
Myoglossata
()
- Superorder:
Amphiesmenoptera
()
- Order:
Lepidoptera
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- Butterflies and Moths
- Infraorder:
Heteroneura
()
- Superfamily:
Geometroidea
()
- Family:
Geometridae
()
-
- Geometrid Moths
- Subfamily:
Larentiinae
()
- Genus:
Triphosa
()
- Linnaeus
- Specific name:
haesitata
- (Guenee, 1857)
- Scientific name: - Triphosa haesitata (Guenee, 1857)
- Specific name:
haesitata
- (Guenee, 1857)
- Genus:
Triphosa
(
- Subfamily:
Larentiinae
(
- Family:
Geometridae
(
- Superfamily:
Geometroidea
(
- Infraorder:
Heteroneura
(
- Order:
Lepidoptera
(
- Superorder:
Amphiesmenoptera
(
- Cohort:
Myoglossata
(
- Infraclass:
Pterygota
(
- Subclass:
Dicondylia
(
- Class:
Insecta
(
- Epiclass:
Hexapoda
(
- Superclass:
Panhexapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Atelocerata
(
- Subphylum:
Mandibulata
(
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
(
- Superphylum:
Panarthropoda
(
- Infrakingdom:
Ecdysozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name Status: Provisionally Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Beccaloni G.
Similar Species
Members of the genus Triphosa
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 88 species and subspecies in this genus:
T. aberrans · T. acis · T. acutipennis · T. acyrota · T. aequivalens · T. affirmaria · T. agnata · T. albiplaga · T. albirama · T. albosignata · T. amblychiles · T. amdoensis · T. antarctica · T. arizanensis · T. bipectinata · T. brunneosuffusa · T. californiata · T. cinereata · T. confusaria · T. consona · T. corrasata · T. corticearia · T. decolor · T. depleta · T. dimidiata · T. dubia · T. dubiosata · T. dubitata (Tissue) · T. dyriata · T. empodia · T. epiocosma · T. eucosmiata · T. eugramma · T. expansa · T. fasciata · T. gavara · T. haesitata (Chestnut Leaf Miner Moth) · T. haesitata affirmaria (Tissue Moth) · T. haesitata haesitata · T. hydatoplex · T. inca · T. incertata · T. indubitata · T. largeteauria · T. latiplaga · T. lugens · T. luteimedia · T. macroprora · T. melanoplagia · T. millierata · T. mnestira · T. moniliferaria · T. multilinearia · T. nigralbata · T. oberthuri · T. obsoletaria · T. ochricostata · T. oenozona · T. packardata · T. pallescens · T. pallidivittata · T. petronata · T. praesumtiosa · T. punctigera · T. pura · T. pustularia · T. quasiplaga · T. rantaizanensis · T. ravulata · T. rubicunda · T. rubrifusa · T. rubrodotata · T. sabaudiata · T. salebrosa · T. sericata · T. seseraria · T. subsericata · T. tangens · T. taochata · T. tarachodes · T. thierrymiegi · T. tremulata · T. tritocelidaria · T. tritocelidata · T. umbrifacta · T. uniplaga · T. variegata · T. venimaculata
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Further Reading
- Groombridge, B. (ed.) 1994. 1994 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
- IUCN. 1990. 1990 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
Notes
Contributors
- Bisby FA, Roskov YR, Orrell TM, Nicolson D, Paglinawan LE, Bailly N, Kirk PM, Bourgoin T, van Hertum J, eds (2008). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2008 Annual Checklist Taxonomic Classification. CD-ROM; Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 16, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
- Opler, Paul A., Kelly Lotts, and Thomas Naberhaus, coordinators. 2009. Butterflies and Moths of North America. Bozeman, MT: Big Sky Institute. http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/ (Version of April 17, 2009).
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2328938
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Lep-227941.0
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 189159
- Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: IILED0A160
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 12231
Footnotes
- http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/taxonomy?f=80&sci=Geometridae&com=Geometer Moths, Looper Moths [back]
