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Geometridae 91a1268.5n – 6780.5   Hidalgo terranea (Warren, 1907)

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Distribution: USA: Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: terranea (Warren, 1907) (Catascia); TL: Orizaba, Mexico.  agonaria (Dyar, 1912) (Digonodes) Note: Type species of the genus Hidalgo. Taxonomic Notes: Hidalgo terranea (Warren, 1907) is now recognized within the North American fauna; one specimen collected by Cliff Ferris in the Mule Mts., Banning Creek, Cochise Co., AZ, 3Sept2021, and a second collected by Howard Grisham southeast of Patagonia, Santa Cruz Co., AZ, 29-31Aug2014.

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) - Caution: Identifications often erroneous; DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification; many specimens not sequenced. Dyar, H.G., 1912. Descriptions of new species and genera of Lepidoptera, chiefly from Mexico. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 42: 87. Rindge, F.H., 1983. A generic revision of the New World Nacophorini (Lepidoptera, Geometridae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 175(2): 193-195. (PDF) Species Page at iNaturalist Warren, W., 1907. American Thyrididae, Uraniidae and Geometridae in the Tring Museum. Novitates Zoologicae, 14: 293.

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