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Geometridae 910343 – 7292 – Rheumaptera prunivorata (Ferguson, 1955) – Ferguson's Scallop Shell Moth

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Rheumaptera prunivorata (Ferguson, 1955), previously listed in the genus in Hydria (Hodges et al. 1983) and then alternately in Rheumaptera, new synonymy in Scoble (1999), and Hydria (Hausmann & Viidalepp 2012), is placed in Rheumaptera following the implied synonymy in Brehm et al. (2019) (see notes under Rheumaptera undulata (Linnaeus, 1758), the type species of Rheumaptera.)

Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: Identifications often erroneous; DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification; many specimens not sequenced. Brehm, G., L. Murillo-Ramos, P. Sihvonen, A. Hausmann, B.C. Schmidt, E. Ounap, A. Moser, R. Mörtter, D. Bolt, F. Bodner, A. Lindt, L.E. Parra, N. Wahlberg, 2019. New World geometrid moths (Lepidoptera: Geometridae): Molecular phylogeny, biogeography, taxonomic updates and description of 11 new tribes. Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny, 77(3): 457-486. Hausmann, A. & J. Viidalepp, 2012. Larentinae I. The Geometrid Moths of Europe, 3: 1-268. Species Page at Block Island Moths Species Page at BugGuide.Net Species Page at Mass Moths Species Page at iNaturalist

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