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Geometridae 91a0930 – 6532   Chesiadodes tubercula Rindge, 1973

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Distribution: "The Sonoran desert of southern Arizona and southern California, extending into the Mojave Deser talong the northern slopes of the San Gabriel Mountains." (Rindge 1968) Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: tubercula Rindge, 1973 (Chesiadodes) - MONA 1983: 6532   Type locality: Holotype: Tucson, Pima Co, AZ.

References

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): 237; figs. 27, 42, 54, 63.

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