Moth Photographers Group – Epimecis hortaria

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91a0999 – 6599 Epimecis hortaria (Fabricius, 1794)

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Synonymy:

hortaria (Fabricius, 1794) (Phalaena) - MONA 1983: 6599

amplaria (Walker, 1860) (Tephrosia)

carbonaria Haimbach, 1915 (Epimecis)

cineraria (Martyn, 1797) (Geometra)

dendraria (Guenée, [1858]) (Bronchelia)

disserptaria (Walker, 1860) (Bronchelia)

gravilinearia (Andrews, 1878) (Bronchelia)

liriodendraria (Smith, 1797) (Phalaena)

subaustralis (Hulst, 1898) (Cleora) - MONA 1983: [6600]

Note: The synonym subaustralis was listed by Ferguson (in Hodges et al. 1983) as both a valid species (not as synonym here as indicated in Pohl & Nanz (eds.) (2023)) and as a synonym of Almodes terraria Guenée, [1858]. "The type of Cleora subaustralis (USNM) was examined by Hugh McGuinness and clearly pertains to E. hortaria on the basis of both superficial and genitalic characters." (Schmidt & McGuinness in Pohl & Nanz (eds.) 2023)

virginaria (Herbst, 1785) (Phalaena)

References (Caution: DNA barcoding at BOLD provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification; some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced.)

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Pohl, G.R. & S.R. Nanz (eds.), 2023. Annotated Taxonomic Checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico. Wedge Entomological Research Foundation, Bakersfield, California, xiv + 580 pp. (order).
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