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Genus Paleacrita

White-spotted Cankerworm Moth (6663) - Paleacrita merriccata - male Paleacrita? - Paleacrita vernata - male Moth 021914a - Paleacrita vernata - male Fall Cankerworn Moth - Paleacrita vernata - male looper? - Paleacrita vernata Spring Cankerworm Moth - Paleacrita vernata - male Spring Cankerworm Moth - Paleacrita vernata Pennsylvania 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):.
Contributed by Tony DiTerlizzi on 2 April, 2005 - 10:31pm
Additional contributions by Maury Heiman, Randy Hardy
Last updated 3 December, 2013 - 9:53pm

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