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Geometridae 91a0337 – 7438   Operophtera occidentalis (Hulst, 1896)

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Synonymy: occidentalis (Hulst, 1896) (Rachela) - MONA 1983: 7438 hyperborea (Hulst, 1896) (Rachela) latipennis (Hulst, 1896) (Rachela) Taxonomic Notes: Operophtera occidentalis: Operophtera bruceata occidentalis (Hulst, 1896), listed in Hodges et al. (1983) (Checklist) as a full species, was synonymized as a subspecies of Operophtera bruceata (Hulst, 1886) in Troubridge & Fitzpatrick (1993). This species is treated as a full species in Pohl et al. (2016) (unpublished provisional checklist) and Pohl et al. (2018) following findings in Gwiazdowski et al. (2013), Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 106(2): 143-151.

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) Gwiazdowski, R.A., J.S. Elkinton, J.R. Dewaard, M. Sremac, 2013. Phylogeographic Diversity of the Winter Moths Operophtera brumata and O. bruceata (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) in Europe and North America. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 106 (2): 143-151. Pohl, G.R., J-F. Landry, B.C. Schmidt, J.D. Lafontaine, J.T. Troubridge, A.D. Macaulay, E. van Nieukerken, J.R. deWaard, J.J. Dombroskie, J. Klymko, V. Nazari, K. Stead, 2018. Annotated checklist of the moths and butterflies (Lepidoptera) of Canada and Alaska. Pensoft, 1-580; PDF, Hardback. Species Page at BugGuide.Net Species Page at iNaturalist

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