Synchlora cupedinaria is a moth in the family Geometridae first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1880. It is found in Florida, the Bahamas, the Virgin Islands, Guadeloupe, Martinique and possibly St. Kitts and Puerto Rico.[2]

Synchlora cupedinaria
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Synchlora
Species:
S. cupedinaria
Binomial name
Synchlora cupedinaria
(Grote, 1880)[1]
Synonyms
  • Racheospila cupedinaria Grote, 1880
  • Synchlora louisa Hulst, 1898

The wingspan is about 14–17 mm.[3]

Subspecies edit

  • Synchlora cupedinaria cupedinaria (Bahamas, Virgin Islands, Florida, possibly St. Kitts and Puerto Rico)
  • Synchlora cupedinaria guadelupensis Herbulot, 1988 (Guadeloupe, Martinique)

References edit

  1. ^ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Synchlora cupedinaria (Grote 1880)". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 25, 2016.
  2. ^ "Synchlora cupedinaria (Grote, 1880)". Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of the French Antilles. Retrieved September 16, 2019.
  3. ^ "910646.00 – 7064 – Synchlora cupedinaria – (Grote, 1880)". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved September 16, 2019.