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Geometridae
91a1072 – 6654   Hypagyrtis unipunctata (Haworth, 1809)
             One-spotted Variant, The White Spot

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Synonymy:
  • unipunctata (Haworth, 1809) (Phalaena) - MONA 1983: 6654
  • ssp. a. unipunctata (Haworth, 1809) (Phalaena) - MONA 1983: 6654
  • deplanaria (Guenée, [1858]) (Paraphia) (synonym of ssp. unipunctata)
  • exsuperata (Walker, 1863) (Macaria) (synonym of ssp. unipunctata)
  • fidoniaria (Walker, 1862) (Macaria) (synonym of ssp. unipunctata)
  • impropriata (Walker, 1861) (Macaria) (synonym of ssp. unipunctata)
  • mamurraria (Guenée, [1858]) (Paraphia) (synonym of ssp. unipunctata)
  • nubecularia (Guenée, [1858]) (Paraphia) (synonym of ssp. unipunctata)
  • pustularia Hübner, 1818 (Hypagyrtis) (synonym of ssp. unipunctata)
  • subatomaria (Wood, 1839) (Timandra) (synonym of ssp. unipunctata)
  • triplicipunctata (Fitch, 1860) (Amilapis) (synonym of ssp. unipunctata)
  • unipunctaria (Packard, 1876) (Paraphia) emend. (synonym of ssp. unipunctata)
  • ssp. b. nullaria (Hübner, 1793) (Phalaena)
  • 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.
    • Hall et al., 2021. The Moths of North Carolina - website (identification, habitats and life history)
    • Haworth, A.H., 1803-1828. Lepidoptera Britannica, 2: 345.
    • Powell, J. A. & P. A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America, Pl. 28.34m; p. 211. Book Review and ordering
    • Species Page at Block Island Moths
    • Species Page at BugGuide.Net
    • Species Page at E. H. Strickland Museum
    • Species Page at Mass Moths
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