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Geometridae 91a1374 – 6895.1   Lambdina punctata (Hulst, 1898)

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Description/ Field Marks: Wingspan: 42mm; "Near T. vitrifia, Grt., but much larger, wings more extended, much more thickly scaled, and outer line much more sinuous." (Hulst, 1898). Similar Species: Lambdina vitraria (Grote, 1883). Lambdina phantoma (Barnes & McDunnough, 1916). Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: punctata (Hulst, 1898) (Therina)   Type locality: Glenwood Springs, CO. Taxonomic Notes: Lambdina punctata (Hulst, 1898), formerly treated as a synonym of 6895 Lambdina vitraria (Grote, 1883), is raised to full species in Pitkin (2002), Zool. J. Linn. Soc., 135(2-3):260.

References

Hulst, G.D., 1898. Descriptions of new genera and species of the Geometrina of North America. The Canadian Entomologist, 30(6-8): 215. 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

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