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Geometridae
91a0953 – 6553   Pterotaea lamiaria (Strecker, 1899)

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Synonymy:
  • lamiaria Strecker 1899 (Boarmia) - MONA 1983: 6553
  • ssp. a. lamiaria Strecker 1899 (Boarmia) - MONA 1983: 6553; Type locality: Holotype: near San Francisco, CA
  • agrestaria Grossbeck 1909 (Cleora)
  • ssp. b. tytthos Rindge 1970 (Pterotaea)
  • References
    • Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification, and some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced.
    • Powell, J. A. & P. A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America, Pl. 28.9f; p. 208. Book Review and ordering
    • Rindge, F.H., 1970. A revision of the moth genera Hulstina and Pterotaea (Lepidoptera, Geometridae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 142(4): 257-342.
    • Species Page at BugGuide.Net
    • Strecker, H., 1899. Lepidoptera, Rhopaloceres And Heteroceres: Indigenous And Exotic. Author, Reading, Pennsylvania, Supplement no. 2: 10.
    Pterotaea lamiaria
    – © Bob Belmont
    Pterotaea lamiaria
    – © Bob Belmont

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