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Geometridae 91a1447 – 6995   Sabulodes aegrotata (Guenée, [1858])

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Distribution: Coastal species from northwestern Baja California to northwestern Oregon (Rindge 1978). Description/ Field Marks: See Rindge, 1978: 210; figs. 7-14, 17, 23. Genitalia: See Rindge, 1978: 210; figs. 7-14, 17, 23. Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: aegrotata (Guenée, [1858]) (Tetracis) - MONA 1983: 6995; TL: California. arsesaria (Walker, 1860) (Ennomos); TL: California. caberata of authors; not Guenée, 1857 (Sabulodes) misappl. cottlei Barnes & Benjamin, 1926 (Sabulodes); TL: San Francisco, CA.

References (Caution: DNA barcoding at BOLD provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification; some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced.)

Barcode of Life (BOLD) Barnes, W. & F.H. Benjamin, 1926. A new form of Sabulodes caberata Gn. (Lepid., Geom.). The Pan-Pacific Entomologist, 3(1): 41. Guenée, M.A., 1857. Deltoïdes et Pyralites. Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Species Général des Lépidoptères, 9: 141. Powell, J. A. & P. A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America, Pl. 31.3f; p. 219. Book Review and ordering Rindge, F.H., 1978. A revision of the genus Sabulodes (Lepidoptera: Geometridae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 160: 193-292.. Species Page at BugGuide.Net Walker, F., 1860. Gemeotrites. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum, 20: 260.

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