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Genus of moths

Monostoecha
Monostoecha semipectinata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Monostoecha
Fletcher, 1979
Species: M. semipectinata
Binomial name
Monostoecha semipectinata
Hulst, 1898
Synonyms
  • Monotaxis Hulst, 1898

Monostoecha is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae described by David Stephen Fletcher in 1979. Its only species, Monostoecha semipectinata, first described by George Duryea Hulst in 1898, is found in the American Southwest.

References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Monostoecha​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 6, 2019.
  2. "910127.00 – 7289 – Monostoecha semipectinata – (Hulst, 1898)". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved May 6, 2019.
Taxon identifiers
Monostoecha


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