Geometridae
91a0427 –
7384 Xanthorhoe decoloraria
(Esper, [1806])
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| Distribution: |
The range of decoloraria is uncertain and it may be replaced by alticolata in the southern Rockies.
Type locality (X. d. decoloraria (Esper, [1806])): Europe.
Type locality (X. d. convallaria (Guenée, [1858])): California.
Type locality (X. d. nemorella Hulst, 1896): "California; Alaska; Aleutian Islands." |
| Similar Species: |
- 7385 Xanthorhoe alticolata, aside from possibly range, cannot at present be distinguished from decoloraria except by the short pectinations of the male antennae.
- Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.)
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| Synonymy: |
• Geometra decoloraria Esper, [1806]
• Ochyria anticostiata Strecker, 1899
• Cidaria collinaria Metzner, 1846
• Phalaena fuluata Fabricius, 1787
• Rheumaptera immediata Grote, 1882
• Cidaria munitaria Boisduval, 1840
• Geometra munitata Hübner, 1809
• Cidaria pauperrimata Christoph, 1888
• Cidaria strigata Packard, 1867
• Coremia convallaria Guenée, [1858]
• Xanthorhoe nemorella Hulst, 1896
• Xanthorhoe illocata Hulst, 1896 |
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| References |
- Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification, and some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced.
- E.J.C. Esper, [1806]. Die Schmetterlinge in Abbildungen nach der Natur, 5(Plates): pl. 50, fig. 55
- Guenée, M.A., 1857. Uranides et Phalenites. Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Species Général des Lépidoptères, 10: 410.
- Hulst, G.D., 1896. Classification of the Geometrina of North America, with descriptions of new genera and species. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 23: 293.
- Parsons, M.S., M.J. Scoble, M.R. Honey, L.M. Pitkin, B.R. Pitkin, 1999. In: M.J. Scoble (Ed) Geometrid moths of the world: a catalogue (Lepidoptera, Geometridae). The Natural History Museum and CSIRO Publishing, 1-1016.
- Powell, J. A. & P. A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America, Pl. 32.39m; p. 227. Book Review and ordering
- Species Page at BugGuide.Net
- Species Page at E. H. Strickland Museum
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