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Geometridae 91a1006 – 6607   Mericisca scobina Rindge, 1958

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Description/ Field Marks: See Rindge, 1958: 8; figs. 8, 16, 17, 22. Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: scobina Rindge, 1958 (Mericisca) - MONA 1983: 6607   Type locality: Holotype: 5 miles west of Portal, Cochise Co., AZ.

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. Rindge, F.H., 1958. Descriptions of and notes on North American Geometridae (Lepidoptera). No. 3. American Museum of Natural History Novitates, 1910: 1-24. Rindge, F.H., 1972. A revision of the moth genus Mericisca (Lepidoptera, Geometridae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 149(4): 345-406. Species Page at BugGuide.Net

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