Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Biston Leach, 1815
Cochisea Barnes & McDunnough, 1916
Explanation of Names
Generic epithet
Biston from Greek mythology,
Biston was the son of Ares and Calliope.
(1)
Generic epithet Cochisea from Cochise County, Arizona, where the type species C. rigidaria was first collected.
The genus
Cochisea is a new synonym of
Biston in Schmidt & McGuinness (in Pohl & Nanz (eds.) 2023).
(2)Numbers
1 species in North America (See the remarks section below.)
1 species in Canada (CBIF)
Range
Holarctic: represented coast-to-coast in North America and Eurasia.
Remarks
Biston multidentata has been moved to
Chiricahua multidentata, a new genus in the tribe
Nacophorini.
Print References
A revision of the New World Bistonini, (Lepidoptera, Geometridae) By Frederick H. Rindge of the American Museum of Natural History 156(2):, 1975
(3)
Barnes, Wm. & J.H. McDunnough 1916. Contributions to the natural history of the Lepidoptera of North America, 3(1):
29
Rindge, F.H. 1975. A revision of the New World Bistonini, (Lepidoptera, Geometridae).
American Museum of Natural History, 156(2): 89-91 (
PDF)
Internet References
pinned adult images of
B. betularia (CBIF)
pinned adult image of
B. multidentata (Bruce Walsh, U. of Arizona) -
moved to new genus, Chiricahua 
