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Geometridae 91a0927 – 6529   Chesiadodes simularia (Barnes & McDunnough, 1918)

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Distribution: "The mountains bordering the Owens Valley area of eastern California. Specimens are known from the eastern side of the Sierra Nevada Range from Mono County on the north to Tulare County on the south, and from the Inyo Mountains, Inyo County,to the east of Owens Valley." (Rindge 1968) Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: simularia (Barnes & McDunnough, 1918) (Glaucina) - MONA 1983: 6529   Type locality: Monachee Meadows, Tulare Co., CA.

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. Rindge, F.H., 1973. A revision of the moth genera Nepterotaea and Chesiadodes (Lepidoptera, Geometridae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 152(4): 229; figs. 23, 24, 39, 51. Species Page at BugGuide.Net

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