Pterocypha defensata

Species of insect (geometrid moth)

Pterocypha defensata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Tribe: Hydriomenini
Genus: Pterocypha
Species:
P. defensata
Binomial name
Pterocypha defensata
Walker, 1862
Synonyms[1]
  • Pterocypha floridata (Walker, 1863)

Pterocypha defensata is a species of geometrid moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in the Caribbean Sea and North America.[1][2][3]

The MONA or Hodges number for Pterocypha defensata is 7299.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b "Pterocypha defensata Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  2. ^ "Pterocypha defensata". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  3. ^ "North American Moth Photographers Group, Pterocypha defensata". Retrieved 2019-09-24.

Further reading

  • Becker, Vitor O.; Miller, Scott E. (2002). "The large moths of Guana Island, British Virgin Islands: a survey of efficient colonizers (Sphingidae, Notodontidae, Noctuidae, Arctiidae, Geometridae, Hyblaeidae, Cossidae)" (PDF). Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society. 56 (1): 9–44. ISSN 0024-0966.
  • Holloway, J. D. (1997). Family Geometridae, subfamilies Sterrhinae and Larentiinae. The Moths of Borneo. Vol. part 10. Southdene Sdn. Bhd. ISBN 978-9839991543.
  • Pohl, Greg; Patterson, Bob; Pelham, Jonathan (2016). Annotated taxonomic checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico (Report). doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.2186.3287.
Taxon identifiers
Pterocypha defensata


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