WWW MPG website only

Digital Guide to Moth Identification

Geometridae 91a0410 – 7299   Pterocypha defensata Walker, 1862

Photographs are the copyrighted property of each photographer listed. Contact individual photographers for permission to use for any purpose.

[T] - Bahamas - © Gary J. Goss Large Map & Chart Report Errors About Maps

Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: defensata Walker, 1862 (Pterocypha)   Type locality: "St. Domingo". australata (Hulst, 1886) (Azelina) decertaria (Herrich-Schäffer, 1870) (Larentia) floridata (Walker, [1863]) (Phibalapteryx) Taxonomic Notes: Pterocypha defensata Walker, 1862 was listed as a synonym of 7299 Pterocypha floridata (Walker, [1863]) in Hodges et al. (1983) (Checklist). But defensata has priority and floridata should be treated as the junior synonym. This error was corrected in Becker & Miller (2002), J. Lepid. Soc., 56(1): 41.

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. Becker V.O. & S.E. Miller, 2002. The large moths of Guana Island, British Virgin Islands: A survey of efficient colonizers (Sphingidae, Notodontidae, Noctuidae, Arctiidae, Geometridae, Hyblaeidae, Cossidae). Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 56(1): 41. Species Page at BugGuide.Net Walker, F., 1862. Gemeotrites. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum, 25: 1366.

[T] - © Gary J. Goss [T] - © Gary J. Goss

© Bob Belmont LG – © Jim Troubridge 34mm - LG – © Jim Vargo 35mm - LG – © Jim Vargo 31mm – © McGuire Center Coll. (Covell Coll.)

Moth Photographers Group  at the  Mississippi Entomological Museum  at the  Mississippi State University

Send suggestions, or submit photographs to Webmaster — Moth Photographers Group

Database design and scripting support provided by Mike Boone