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Geometridae 91a1317 – 6948.3   Somatolophia simplicius (Barnes & McDunnough, 1918)

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Distribution: USA: Mojave and Sonoran deserts of CA and NV; Mexico: Baja California - Rindge (1980). Description/ Field Marks: See Rindge (1980), Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 165: 328; figs. 14, 48-51, 56-58. Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: simplicius (Barnes & McDunnough, 1918) (Gonodontis) - MONA 1983: 6948.3   Type locality: Olancha,Inyo Co., CA.

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. Species Page at BugGuide.Net

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