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Genus Cochisea

Product of a Particularly homely very large geo cat I assumed was Biston. - Cochisea sinuaria - female a different variation from my unident folder - Cochisea sonomensis Cochisea recisa - female Geometrid Moth - Cochisea sinuaria - male Geometrid Moth - Cochisea sinuaria - male Cochisea recisa Cochisea recisa Cochisea rigidaria? - Cochisea
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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 Cochisea
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Cochisea Barnes & McDunnough, 1916 (1)
Explanation of Names
Generic epithet Cochisea from Cochise County, Arizona, where the type species C. rigidaria was first collected.
Print References
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)
Works Cited
1.A revision of the New World Bistonini, (Lepidoptera, Geometridae).
Frederick H. Rindge. 1975. American Museum of Natural History 156(2):.
Contributed by A.W. Thomas on 19 October, 2005 - 7:48am
Additional contributions by Maury Heiman, Randy Hardy
Last updated 23 September, 2014 - 1:53pm

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