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Species Erastria decrepitaria - Hodges#6702

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Geometroidea (Geometrid and Swallowtail Moths)
Family Geometridae (Geometrid Moths)
Subfamily Ennominae
Tribe Caberini
Genus Erastria
Species decrepitaria (Erastria decrepitaria - Hodges#6702)
Hodges Number
6702
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Erastria decrepitaria (Hübner, 1823)
Syrrhodia decrepitaria Hübner, 1823
Catopyrra decrepitaria
Syrrhodia decrepitaria esperanza (Barnes & McDunnough, 1917) (new comb. in Rindge, 1950)
* phylogenetic sequence #197900
Range
Tropical moth ranging north to south Texas.
Print References
Rindge, F.H. 1950. A revision of the North American species of the genus Syrruodia (Lepidoptera, Geometridae). American Museum novitates 1469: 7-10 (PDF)