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Geometridae
91a1354 – 6984   Rindgeria ornata (Rindge, 1958)

© Charles W. Melton
Distribution: Holotype: 5 miles west of Portal, Cochise Co., AZ.
Description/
Field Marks:
See Rindge, 1958: 22; figs. 4, 20, 21, 2
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Synonymy: Pityeja ornata Rindge, 1958
Pityeja picta of authors not Schaus, 1898
Taxonomic Notes: Rindgeria ornata (Rindge, 1958), n. comb. (n. genus) in Heppner (2010), was formerly placed in the genus Pityeja in Hodges et al. (1983) (Checklist) and treated as unplaced in Scoble (1994:139).
References
  • Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: Some specimens shown may not be sequenced. DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness not proof of identification.
  • Heppner, J.B., 2010. The new genus Rindgeria and its species in North America and Central America (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Ennominae). Lepidoptera Novae, 3(3): 149-153.
  • Heppner, J.B., 2010. The new genus Rindgeria and its species in North America and Central America (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Ennominae). Lepidoptera Novae, 3(3): 149-153.
  • Pohl, G.R., B. Patterson, J. Pelham, 2016. Annotated taxonomic checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico. Working paper published online by the authors at ResearchGate.net. 766 pp. website
  • Powell, J. A. & P. A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America, Pl. 31.2m; p. 219. Book Review and ordering
  • Rindge, F.H., 1958. Descriptions of and notes on North American Geometridae (Lepidoptera). No. 3. American Museum of Natural History Novitates, 1910: 1-24.
  • Scoble, M.J., 1994. A taxonomic revision of the genera Phrygionis Hübner and Pityeja Walker (Geometridae: Ennominae, Palyadini). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 111: 99-160.
  • Species Page at BugGuide.Net
Rindgeria ornata
– © Bob Belmont
Rindgeria ornata
28mm – © Jim Vargo
Rindgeria ornata
28mm - f. – © Jim Vargo

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