Cyclophora myrtaria

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| taxon = Cyclophora myrtaria

| authority = (Guenee, 1857){{cite web |last=Yu |first=Dicky Sick Ki |url=http://www.taxapad.com/local.php?taxonidLC=82857370 |title=Cyclophora myrtaria (Guenee 1857) |website=Home of Ichneumonoidea |publisher=Taxapad |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160324043339/http://www.taxapad.com/local.php?taxonidLC=82857370 |archive-date=March 24, 2016}}

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  • Ephyra myrtaria Guenee, 1857
  • Ephyra ignotaria Walker, 1863
  • Cyclophora triseriata Prout, 1936

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Cyclophora myrtaria, the waxmyrtle wave moth, is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in North America,[http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=7136 mothphotographersgroup] where it is found along the Atlantic ocean plane.

The wingspan is 24–27 mm.

The larvae feed on Myrtaceae species.[https://books.google.com/books?id=F8Ur63KP538C&pg=PA202 Caterpillars of eastern North America]

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Category:Moths described in 1857

myrtaria

Category:Moths of North America

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