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91a0742 – 6312 Macaria deceptrix (Dyar, 1913)

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Synonymy:	deceptrix (Dyar, 1913) (Sciagraphia) Type locality: Tehuacan, Mexico. sobriaria (Barnes & McDunnough, 1917) (Itame) Type locality: Regington, AZ.
Taxonomic Notes:	Macaria deceptrix (Dyar, 1913), formerly placed in the genus Speranza in Ferguson (2008), MONA Fascicle 17.2: 148, is returned to the genus Macaria in Sihvonen & Skou (2015) following Scoble & Krüger (2002). Previously listed as Itame sobriaria in Hodges et al. (1983) (Checklist), this species includes as a new synonym sobriaria Barnes & McDunnough, 1917 (previously a subspecies of graphidaria (Hulst, 1887)) in Ferguson (2008).

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, 1917. Synonymic notes on North American Heterocera . Contributions to the natural history of the Lepidoptera of North America, 3(4): 239 (I. g. sobriaria).
Dyar, H.G., 1913. Descriptions of new Lepidoptera, chiefly from Mexico. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 44(1951): 309.
Ferguson, D. C., 2008. Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 17.2: p. 148; pl. 3.38-39. order or free PDF
Sihvonen, P. & P. Skou, 2015. Ennominae I. In: A. Hausmann (ed.): The Geometrid Moths of Europe, 5: 1-657.
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