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Geometridae 91a1251 – 6763   Phaeoura quernaria (Smith, 1797)              Oak Beauty Moth

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Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: quernaria Smith 1797 (Phalaena) - MONA 1983: 6763 atrescens Hulst 1898 (Nacophora) cupidaria Grote 1864 (Amphidasys) paenulataria Grote 1863 (Amphidasys) phigaliaria Guenée [1858] (Synopsia) sperataria Walker 1860 (Amphidasys)

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. Rindge, F.H., 1961. A revision of the Nacophorini (Lepidoptera, Geometridae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 123(2): 105; pl. 19, figs. 3-6; text figs. 1, 13, 23, 32. Species Page at Block Island Moths Species Page at BugGuide.Net Species Page at E. H. Strickland Museum Species Page at Mass Moths Species page at Moths of North Dakota.

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