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Geometridae 91a1315 – 6948.2   Somatolophia petila Rindge, 1980

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Distribution: Mountains of western Texas - Rindge (1980). Description/ Field Marks: See Rindge (1980), Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 165: 323; figs. 13, 46, 47, 55. Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: petila Rindge, 1980 (Somatolophia) - MONA 1983: 6948.2   Type locality: Holotype: Sierra Diablo Wildlife Management Area, Culberson Co., TX.

References

Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification, and some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced. Rindge, F.H., 1980. A revision of the moth genus Somatolophia (Lepidoptera, Geometridae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 165(3): 295-333.

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