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Geometridae 91a1311 – 6946   Somatolophia pallescens McDunnough, 1940

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Distribution: UT, CO, AZ, NM - Rindge (1980) Type locality (pallescens): Greer Road,White Mountains, Apache Co., AZ. Type locality (obliterata): Glenwood Springs,Garfield Co., CO. Description/ Field Marks: See Rindge (1980), Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 165: 314; figs. 9, 28-31, 35. Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: • Somatolophia pallescens McDunnough, 1940 • Somatolophia obliterata Warren, 1904

References

Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: Some specimens shown may not be sequenced. DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness not proof of identification. McDunnough, J.H., 1940. New North American Geometridae with notes, III. The Canadian Entomologist, 72(5): 90-103. Rindge, F.H., 1980. A revision of the moth genus Somatolophia (Lepidoptera, Geometridae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 165(3): 295-333. Species Page at BugGuide.Net

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