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Geometridae
91a1151 – 6669.1   Aplogompha polymygmata (Dyar, 1919)

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Distribution: Southern Texas and Mexico.
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Synonymy:
  • polymygmata (Dyar, 1919) (Molybdogompha)
      Type locality: Panuco, Mexico.
  • Taxonomic Notes: Aplogompha polymygmata (Dyar, 1919), now recognized within the North American fauna (Texas) in Ferguson (1986), was formerly in the genus Molybdogompha, n. syn., Pitkin (2002), Zool. J. Linn. Soc.,135(2-3):164.
    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.
    • Dyar, H.G., 1919. Some new tropical American moths (Lepidoptera). Insecutor inscitiae menstruus, 7: 82.
    • Ferguson, D.C., 1986. Four new United States records of moths from Texas. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 40: 353-354.
    • Pitkin, L.M., 2002. Neotropical ennomine moths: a review of the genera (Lepidoptera: Geometridae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 135(2-3): 121-401.
    • Species Page at BugGuide.Net
    Aplogompha polymygmata
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    Aplogompha polymygmata
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