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Species Prorella protoptata - Hodges#7624

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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 Larentiinae

Tribe Eupitheciini

Genus Prorella

Species protoptata (Prorella protoptata - Hodges#7624)

Hodges Number

7624

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Eupithecia protoptata McDunnough, 1938

Prorella protoptata (McDunnough, 1938)

Remarks

Original description. McDunnough's 1949 revision of the group does not include a description of this species, but it includes descriptions of several similar species.(1)

Internet References

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MPG

Works Cited

1.	Revision of the North American species of the genus Eupithecia (Lepidoptera, Geometridae) James H. McDunnough. 1949. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 93(8).

Contributed by Aaron Hunt on 24 November, 2017 - 7:59pm
Last updated 25 November, 2017 - 12:42am

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