The Pterophoridae or plume moths are a family of Lepidoptera with unusually modified wings. Though they belong to the Apoditrysia like the larger moths and the butterflies, unlike these they are tiny and were formerly included among the assemblage called "microlepidoptera".
Baccharis is a genus of perennials and shrubs in the aster family (Asteraceae). They are commonly known as baccharises but sometimes referred to as "brooms", because many members have small thin leaves resembling the true brooms. They are not at all related to these however, but belong to an entirely different lineage of eudicots. B. halimifolia is commonly known as "groundsel bush", however true groundsels are found in the genus Senecio.
Baccharis pilularis, called coyote brush, chaparral broom, and bush baccharis, is a shrub in the family Asteraceae native to California, Oregon, Washington, and Baja California. There are reports of isolated populations in New Mexico, most likely introduced.
Baccharis halimifolia is a North American species of shrubs in the family Asteraceae. It is native to Nova Scotia, the eastern and southern United States, eastern Mexico, the Bahamas, and Cuba.
Synchlora is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae erected by Achille Guenée in 1857.
Lioptilodes albistriolatus is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. In South America and Central America it has been recorded from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, Guatemala, Paraguay, Peru and Puerto Rico. It is also present in North America, where it is known from Mexico, California, Texas, New Mexico and Arizona. It is an introduced species in Hawaii.
Hellinsia balanotes, the baccharis borer, is a moth of the family Pterophoridae which is native to Guatemala, northern Mexico, and the United States including Arizona, Texas, Florida, Mississippi, South Carolina and Maryland, but has been introduced to Australia for the control of Baccharis halimifolia. The species was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1908.
Synchlora aerata, the wavy-lined emerald moth or camouflaged looper, is a species of moth of the family Geometridae. The species was described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1798. It is found in the United States and Canada.
Synchlora xysteraria is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by George Duryea Hulst in 1886. It is found in the US states of Georgia and Florida and on Cuba and Hispaniola.
Synchlora tenuimargo, Warren's bordered emerald, is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found from Mexico to Peru. The habitat consists of cloudforests at elevations ranging from 400 to 2,000 meters.
Synchlora herbaria is a moth in the family Geometridae first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1794. It is found in Florida, Cuba, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, the Bahamas, Antigua, Dominica and the Virgin Islands.
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.
Sparganothis tunicana is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in North America in California, Washington, Oregon, Utah, Idaho and British Columbia.
Cisthene tenuifascia, the thin-banded lichen moth or three-banded lichen moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Leon F. Harvey in 1875. It is found in Mexico and from Arizona to Florida, North Carolina and Oklahoma. Strays can be found further north.
Prionoxystus piger, the baccharis carpenterworm moth, is a moth in the family Cossidae. It was described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1865. It is found in Florida and Cuba.
Synchlora frondaria, commonly known as the southern emerald, is a species of emerald moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in the Caribbean, Central America, North America, and South America.
Synchlora irregularia is a species of emerald moth in the family Geometridae first described by William Barnes and James Halliday McDunnough in 1918. It is found in North America.
Synchlora bistriaria, the oblique-striped emerald, is a species of emerald moth in the family Geometridae.
Synchlora faseolaria is a species of emerald moth in the family Geometridae.
Synchlora pectinaria is a species of emerald moth in the family Geometridae.
