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Phaeoura perfidaria

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Species of moth

Phaeoura perfidaria
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Phaeoura
Species: P. perfidaria
Binomial name
Phaeoura perfidaria
Barnes & McDunnough, 1917
Synonyms
  • Nacophora pefidaria

Phaeoura perfidaria is a species of moth in the family Geometridae (geometrid moths). It was described by William Barnes and James Halliday McDunnough in 1917 and is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Arizona, California, Colorado and New Mexico.

The wingspan is 40–47 mm.

The MONA or Hodges number for Phaeoura perfidaria is 6768.

References

  1. "Phaeoura perfidaria Species Information". BugGuide. Retrieved 2018-01-21.
  2. ^ "Phaeoura perfidaria Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-01-21.
  3. "Phaeoura perfidaria Species Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-01-21.
  4. Pohl, G.R.; Patterson, B.; & Pelham, J.P. (2016). Taxonomic Checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico
  5. "Phaeoura perfidaria, Hodges 6768". North American Moth Photographers Group. Retrieved 2018-01-21.

Further reading

  • Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.
  • Scoble, Malcolm J., ed. (1999). Geometrid moths of the World: A Catalogue (Lepidoptera, Geometridae). 1016.

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Taxon identifiers
Phaeoura perfidaria


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