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Geometridae 91a1215 – 6735   Euchlaena deductaria (Walker, 1860)              Forked Euchlaena

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Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: deductaria (Walker, 1860) (Endropia); TL: "East Florida". pectinaria of authors; (not [Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775) (Geometra) misappl.; TL: Austria. adoptivaria (Hübner, [1823]) (Hypagyrtis) nom. oblit. Taxonomic Notes: Euchlaena deductaria (Walker, 1860), erroneously treated as a synonym E. pectinaria by Ferguson (in Hodges et. al. (1983) (Checklist), is returned to full species status in Heppner (2004) with Hypagyrtis adoptivaria Hübner [1823] (nomen oblitum) (omitted in Pohl & Nanz (eds.) (2023)) and Euchlaena pectinaria of authors not [Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775 as a synonyms. "True" pectinaria, a name treated as a synonym of Odontopera bidentata Clerck, 1759 in Heppner (2004), is Palearctic. Hübner (1796-1805) erroneously included an illustration of the North American species he called "pectinaria". Hübner [1823], apparently still believing it to be a European species, corrected the misidentification giving it the name adoptivaria, but that name would be later be forgotten.

References (Caution: DNA barcoding at BOLD provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification; some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced.)

Barcode of Life (BOLD) Heppner, J.B., 2004. Notes on Euchlaena 'pectinaria' in the United States. Lepidoptera News, 2002(3-4): 6-7. Hübner, J., 1796-1805. Sammlung exotischer Schmetterlinge, 5: pl. I(E), fig. 30. (pectinaria (=adoptivaria)) Hübner, J., 1816-[1827]. Verzeichniss bekannter Schmettlinge, 1816: 293. Species Page at BugGuide.Net Walker, F., 1860. Gemeotrites. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum, 20: 151.

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