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Geometridae
91a0456.1n – 7396.1   Epirrhoe hastulata (Hübner, 1792)

DNA - (cc) Jason Grant
Distribution: USA: Alaska.
Description/
Field Marks:
See Beljaev et al. (2002), p, 209; fig. H (syntype of E. h. reducta) and species page at "Japanese Moths" website.
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  • Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.)
Synonymy: Phalaena hastulata Hübner, 1792
Geometra luctuata Hübner, [1799]
Epirrhoe echigoensis Inoue, 1982
Cidaria reducta Djakonov, 1929
Taxonomic Notes: Epirrhoe hastulata (Hübner, 1792) is now tentatively recognized within the North American fauna; one specimen collected by Jason Grant from Alaska and DNA barcoded which seems to match E. h. reducta (TL: Kamchatka).
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.
  • Barcode of Life (BOLD) - BIN: BOLD:AAB3709 - Caution: DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification.
  • Beljaev, E.A. & S.V. Vasilenko, 2002. An annotated checklist of geometrid moths (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) from the Kamchatka Peninsula and adjacent islands. Entomologica Fennica, 13(4): 195-235.
  • Hübner, J., 1796-1805. Sammlung exotischer Schmetterlinge, 5: pl. 69; fig. 356.
  • Species Page at Japanese Moths

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