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Geometridae 91a1313 – 6948.4   Somatolophia cuyama Comstock, 1940

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Distribution: Known only from type locality - Rindge (1980) Type locality: Cuyama Valley, southwestern San Luis Obispo Co., CA. Description/ Field Marks: See Rindge (1980), Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 165: 329; figs. 15, 52, 53, 59. Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: • Somatolophia cuyama Comstock, 1940

References

Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: Some specimens shown may not be sequenced. DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness not proof of identification. Powell, J. A. & P. A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America, Pl. 30.26m; p. 218. Book Review and ordering Rindge, F.H., 1980. A revision of the moth genus Somatolophia (Lepidoptera, Geometridae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 165(3): 295-333.

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