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Species Protitame cervula - Hodges#6422

Representative Images

Moth #07-148 Which Pale Emerald ?? - Protitame cervula Moth # 07-182 - Protitame cervula - female Moth # 07-278 - Protitame cervula - male Moth #08-74 - Protitame cervula - male Moth #08-154 - Protitame cervula - male Moth - Protitame cervula - female Geometer - unidentified - Protitame cervula - male Chlorochlamys appellaria? - Protitame cervula - female
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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 Cassymini
Genus Protitame
Species cervula (Protitame cervula - Hodges#6422)

Hodges Number

6422

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Protitame cervula (Rindge, 1958)
Sperrya cervula Rindge, 1958
Phylogenetic Sequence # 910685

Numbers

There are three species of the genus Protitame in America north of Mexico. (1)

Range

AZ (2)

See Also

Sometimes the winter coloring of a few Emerald Moths might make them look very similar to this species. Check the subfamily Geometrinae
Examples:
Chlorochlamys appellaria
Nemoria elfa
Nemoria bistriaria
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Episemasia cervinaria (distribution = south central USA)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

Works Cited

1.The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 17.2, Geometroidea, Geometridae, Ennominae.
Douglas C. Ferguson . 2008. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
Contributed by Bob Biagi on 23 January, 2018 - 5:25pm
Last updated 14 April, 2020 - 3:18pm

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