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Geometridae
91a1072 – 6654   Hypagyrtis unipunctata (Haworth, 1809)
             One-spotted Variant, The White Spot

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Similar Species:
  • Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.)
Synonymy: Phalaena unipunctata Haworth, 1809
Paraphia deplanaria Guenée, [1858]
Macaria exsuperata Walker, 1863
Macaria fidoniaria Walker, 1862
Macaria impropriata Walker, 1861
Paraphia mamurraria Guenée, [1858]
Paraphia nubecularia Guenée, [1858]
Hypagyrtis pustularia Hübner, 1818
Timandra subatomaria Wood, 1839
Amilapis triplicipunctata Fitch, 1860
Paraphia unipunctaria Packard, 1876
Phalaena nullaria Hübner, 1793
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.
  • Hall et al., 2021. The Moths of North Carolina - website (identification, habitats and life history)
  • Haworth, A.H., 1803-1828. Lepidoptera Britannica, 2: 345.
  • Powell, J. A. & P. A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America, Pl. 28.34m; p. 211. Book Review and ordering
  • Species Page at Block Island Moths
  • Species Page at BugGuide.Net
  • Species Page at E. H. Strickland Museum
  • Species Page at Mass Moths
Hypagyrtis unipunctata
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Hypagyrtis unipunctata
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on Acer saccharum
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