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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
      Type locality: California.
  • arsesaria (Walker, 1860) (Ennomos)
      Type locality: California.
  • caberata of authors; not Guenée, 1857 (Sabulodes) misappl.
  • cottlei Barnes & Benjamin, 1926 (Sabulodes)
      Type locality: San Francisco, CA.
  • 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.
    • 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.
    Sabulodes aegrotata
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