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Geometridae 91a0968 – 6568   Pterotaea cariosa Hulst, 1896

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Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: cariosa Hulst, 1896 (Pterotaea) - MONA 1983: 6568 ssp. a. cariosa Hulst, 1896 (Pterotaea) - MONA 1983: 6568 ssp. b. incompta Rindge, 1970 (Pterotaea) ssp. c. aporema Rindge, 1970 (Pterotaea)

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. Hulst, G.D., 1896. Classification of the Geometrina of North America, with descriptions of new genera and species. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 23: 349. Rindge, F.H., 1970. A revision of the moth genera Hulstina and Pterotaea (Lepidoptera, Geometridae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 142(4): 257-342. Species Page at BugGuide.Net

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