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Geometridae 910725.00 – 6279 – Macaria occiduaria (Packard, 1874)

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Distribution: Caution: A single range map dot for a Canadian province may represent records without specific location data. Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: • Caulostoma occiduaria Packard, 1874 • Diastictis andersoni Swett, 1916 • Thamnonoma flavicaria of authors not Packard, 1876 • Itame orientis Ferguson, 1953 Taxonomic Notes: Macaria occiduaria (Packard, 1874), formerly placed in the genus Itame in the 1983 Hodges Checklist and in the genus Speranza in Ferguson (2008), is returned to genus Macaria in Sihvonen & Skou (2015) following Scoble & Krüger (2002). This species includes as a synonym 6280 Speranza andersoni (Swett, 1916) in Pohl et al. (2010), ZooKeys, 38: 499.

References

Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: Some specimens shown may not be sequenced. DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness not proof of identification. Ferguson, D.C., 2008. Geometroidea Geometridae (Part) Ennominae (Abaxini, Cassymini, Macariini). The Moths of America north of Mexico, Fascicle 17.2: 118; pl. 2, figs. 55-58 (occiduaria). 122; pl. 2, figs. 59-61 (andersoni). order or free PDF Pohl, G.R., G.G. Anweiler, B.C. Schmidt, & N.G. Kondla, 2010. An annotated list of the Lepidoptera of Alberta, Canada. ZooKeys, 38: 1-549. Powell, J. A. & P. A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America, Pl. 27.35m; p. 206. Book Review and ordering Sihvonen, P. & P. Skou, 2015. Ennominae I. In: A. Hausmann (ed.): The Geometrid Moths of Europe, 5: 1-657. Species Page at BugGuide.Net Species Page at E. H. Strickland Museum

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