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Geometridae 91a0953 – 6553   Pterotaea lamiaria (Strecker, 1899)

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Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: lamiaria (Strecker, 1899) (Boarmia) - MONA 1983: 6553 ssp. a. lamiaria (Strecker, 1899) (Boarmia) - MONA 1983: 6553   Type locality: Holotype: near San Francisco, CA.  agrestaria (Grossbeck, 1909) (Cleora) (synonym of ssp. lamiaria) ssp. b. tytthos 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. Powell, J. A. & P. A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America, Pl. 28.9f; p. 208. Book Review and ordering 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 Strecker, H., 1899. Lepidoptera, Rhopaloceres And Heteroceres: Indigenous And Exotic. Author, Reading, Pennsylvania, Supplement no. 2: 10.

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