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

© Mark Dreiling
Distribution: Holotype: near San Francisco, CA.
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  • Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.)
Synonymy: Boarmia lamiaria Strecker, 1899
Cleora agrestaria Grossbeck, 1909
Pterotaea tytthos Rindge, 1970
References
  • Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: Some specimens shown may not be sequenced. DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness not proof of identification.
  • 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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