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Geometridae
91a1310 – 6945   Somatolophia ectrapelaria (Grossbeck, 1908)

© Leslie Goethals
Distribution: OR, ID, CA, NV, UT, CO, AZ, NM - Rindge (1980).
Type locality: Stockton, Tooele Co., UT.
Description/
Field Marks:
See Rindge (1980), Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 165: 308; figs. 6, 20-23, 34.
Similar Species:
  • Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.)
Synonymy: Gonodontis ectrapelaria Grossbeck, 1908
References
  • Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: Some specimens shown may not be sequenced. DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness not proof of identification.
  • Grossbeck, J.A., 1908. New Moths of the Family Geometridae. Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 16: 19-31.
  • Powell, J. A. & P. A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America, Pl. 30.25m; p. 218. Book Review and ordering
  • Rindge, F.H., 1980. A revision of the moth genus Somatolophia (Lepidoptera, Geometridae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 165(3): 295-333.
  • Species Page at BugGuide.Net
Somatolophia ectrapelaria
© Jim Johnson
Somatolophia ectrapelaria
36mm – © Jim Vargo

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