Chloropteryx tepperaria (Hulst, 1886) is a animal in the Geometridae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Chloropteryx tepperaria (Hulst, 1886)

Chloropteryx tepperaria (Hulst, 1886)

Chloropteryx tepperaria, the angle-winged emerald moth, is a geometrid moth found in the southeastern US.

Family
Genus
Chloropteryx
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Chloropteryx tepperaria (Hulst, 1886)

Chloropteryx tepperaria, commonly known as the angle-winged emerald moth, is a moth species belonging to the family Geometridae. This species was first described by George Duryea Hulst in 1886. It is native to the southeastern United States, and its range extends from Texas and Oklahoma in the west, to Florida and Pennsylvania in the east.

Photo: (c) Becky Elkin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Becky Elkin · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Animalia › Arthropoda › Insecta › Lepidoptera › Geometridae › Chloropteryx

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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