Animalia > Arthropoda > Insecta > Lepidoptera > Geometridae > Hypagyrtis > Hypagyrtis esther

Hypagyrtis esther (Esther Moth)

Synonyms: Paraphia esther; Paraphia lemmeri

Wikipedia Abstract

Hypagyrtis esther, the esther moth, is a moth of the Geometridae family. It is found from Massachusetts to Florida, west to Texas, north to Ohio. The wingspan is 25-45 mm. Adults are on wing from May to October and from July to August in Ohio. The larvae feed on the leaves of Pinus species.
View Wikipedia Record: Hypagyrtis esther

Prey / Diet

Pinus virginiana (Virginia pine)[1]

External References

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0