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Geometridae 911396.00 – 6949   Pherne placeraria (Guenée, [1858])

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Distribution: Type locality (placeraria): : California. Type locality (mellitularia): Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: • Ellopia placeraria Guenée, [1858] • Tetracis mellitularia Hulst, 1886

References

Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: Some specimens shown may not be sequenced. DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness not proof of identification. Barnes, W.M. & J.H. McDunnough, 1916. Synonymic notes on North American Heterocera. Contributions to the natural history of the Lepidoptera of North America, 3(3): 188-189; pl. 15, fig. 13 (placeraria (=mellitularia)). Guenée, M.A., 1887. Uranides et Phalenites. Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Species Général des Lépidoptères, 9: 132. Hulst, G.D., 1886. New species and varieties of Geometridae. Entomologica Americana, 1(11): 202. Packard, A.S., 1876. A monograph of the geometrid moths or Phalaenidae of the United States. Report (Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (U.S.)), 10: 551; pl 12, fig. 42 (parallelia), 43 (mellitularia per Hulst (1886:202)). Species Page at BugGuide.Net

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