About Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria (Guenée, 1857)
Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria, commonly known as the blackberry looper, is a moth species belonging to the family Geometridae. This moth is distributed across North America, ranging from Nova Scotia to Florida. In Canada, its range extends west to Manitoba, while in the United States it reaches west as far as the Rocky Mountains, and continues south into Mexico. There is also a record of this species occurring in Great Britain, which is based on a single early 19th-century specimen held in the British Museum of Natural History (BMNH). The wingspan of adult blackberry loopers measures 14 to 23 mm. Adults are active from April to November in the southern parts of the species' range, and from May to September in the northern areas. This species produces at least two generations each year. The larvae of Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria feed on blackberry fruit and the petals of a variety of composite flowers. Confirmed food plant hosts for this species include Achillea millefolium, Ambrosia, Aster, Chrysanthemum leucanthemum, Eupatorium perfoliatum, Gutierrezia dracunculoides, Gutierrezia texana, Helenium autumnale, Helianthus, Parthenium hysterophorus, Rudbeckia hirta, Solidago, Vernonia, Zinnia, Dianthus, Prunus pennsylvanica, Rubus, Ceanothus, Myrica asplenifolia and Apocynum androsaemifolium.
