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Geometridae 91a1325 – 6924   Plataea californiaria Herrich-Schäffer, [1856]

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Distribution: Sonoma Co, CA south to San Luis Obispo, CA - Rindge, 1976. Description/ Field Marks: "This species can be recognized by the biangulate t. a. line, the white centered discal dot, by the presence of the s. t. line and by the contrastingly colored upper surface of the forewings… Similar to that of personaria in color and pattern, differing mainly as follows: forewings with t. a. line more outwardly oblique, paralleling innermarg into vein Cu1, angled posteriorly to vein Cu2, then swinging basally to middle of cubital cell; discal dot small, brownish black, round or elliptical with white scales in center; t. p. line with weak inward tooth on vein M1, meeting costa seven-eighths distance from base..."; FWL: 15-18mm - Am. Mus. Novit., 2595: 17.v Genitalia: See Am. Mus. Novit., 2595: 1-27, figs. 20 (♂), 32 (♀). Similar Species: Plataea californiaria lacks a well developed st. line. Plataea personaria. Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: californiaria Herrich-Schäffer, [1856] (Plataea) - MONA 1983: 6924; Holotype: California. uncanaria (Guenée, [1858]) (Gorytodes); Lectotype: California - see Rindge, 1976: fig. 23.

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) Powell, J. A. & P. A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America, Pl. 30.23f; p. 218. Book Review and ordering Rindge, F.H., 1976. A revision of the moth genus Plataea (Lepidoptera, Geometridae). American Museum of Natural History Novitates, 2595: 1-27. Species Page at BugGuide.Net

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