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Geometridae
91a1439 – 6981   Prochoerodes forficaria (Guenée, [1858])

© Gary McDonald
Distribution: Holotype (combinata): Seton Lake, BC.
Similar Species:
  • Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.)
Synonymy: Metanema forficaria Guenée, [1858]
Choerodes nubilata Packard, 1871
Prochoerodes catenulata Grote, 1883
Eutrapela anfracta Hulst, 1886
Prochoerodes combinata McDunnough, 1940
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.
  • McDunnough, J.H., 1940. New North American Geometridae with notes, III. The Canadian Entomologist, 72(5): 90-103.
  • Powell, J. A. & P. A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America, Pl. 31.1f; p. 219. Book Review and ordering
  • Species Page at BugGuide.Net
  • Species Page at E. H. Strickland Museum
Prochoerodes forficaria
© Marius Aurelian
Prochoerodes forficaria
© John Davis
Prochoerodes forficaria
© John Davis
Prochoerodes forficaria
© Gary McDonald - DNA
Prochoerodes forficaria
36mm – © Gary Anweiler
Prochoerodes forficaria
LG – © Jim Troubridge
Prochoerodes forficaria
LG – © Jim Troubridge
Prochoerodes forficaria
LG – © Jim Troubridge
Prochoerodes forficaria
38mm - – © Jim Vargo
Prochoerodes forficaria
38mm - – © Jim Vargo

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