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Genus Paleacrita

Moth - Paleacrita vernata - male White-spotted Cankerworm Moth - Hodges#6663 - Paleacrita merriccata Paleacrita merriccata  - Paleacrita merriccata - male Moth to black light - Paleacrita vernata Paleacrita vernata - male Paleacrita vernata (Spring Cankerworm) - Paleacrita vernata - male Paleacrita vernata  - Paleacrita vernata - male Spring Cankerworm Moth - Paleacrita vernata
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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 Bistonini
Genus Paleacrita
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Paleacrita Riley, 1876
Numbers
Powell & Opler (2009) reported three described species of the genus Paleacrita in North America. (1)
Identification
Rindge (1975) key to species on page 133 in PDF. (2)
Works Cited
1.Moths of Western North America
Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.
2.A revision of the New World Bistonini, (Lepidoptera, Geometridae).
Frederick H. Rindge. 1975. American Museum of Natural History 156(2):.