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Geometridae
91a1301 – 6936   Eusarca packardaria (McDunnough, 1940)
             Packard's Eusarca

© Mark Dreiling - DNA
Similar Species:
  • Euchlaena detractaria Barnes & McDunnough, 1916, a southwestern species, is separated by locality.
  • Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.)
Synonymy:
  • packardaria McDunnough 1940 (Apicia) - MONA 1983: 6936; Type locality: Holotype: Dallas, TX
  • distycharia of authors not Guenée [1858] (Apicia) misappl.
  • Taxonomic Notes: Eusarca packardaria (McDunnough, 1940) includes as a synonym Eusarca distycharia of authors; (not Guenée, [1858]) by Schmidt & McGuinness (in Pohl & Nanz (eds.) 2023), a treatment inferred by McDunnough (1940) and apparently overlooked by Ferguson (in Hodges et al. 1983).
    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:AAF6117 - Caution: DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification.
    • Hall et al., 2021. The Moths of North Carolina - website (identification, habitats and life history)
    • McDunnough, J.H., 1940. New North American Geometridae with notes, III. The Canadian Entomologist, 72(5): 90-103.
    • Pohl, G. R. and S. R. Nanz (eds.), 2023. Annotated Taxonomic Checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico. Wedge Entomological Research Foundation, Bakersfield, California, xiv + 580 pp. (order).
    • Species Page at BugGuide.Net
    Eusarca packardaria
    © Lynette Schimming [T]
    Eusarca packardaria
    © Mark Dreiling - DNA
    Eusarca packardaria
    29mm - LG – © Canadian Nat'l. Coll.
    Eusarca packardaria
    23mm – © Jim Vargo

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