Superfamily Geometroidea (Geometrid and Swallowtail Moths)
Family Geometridae (Geometrid Moths)
Subfamily Ennominae
Tribe Cassymini
Genus Protitame
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
placed in the tribe Abraxini by Forbes (1948) and also by McGuffin (1972) and Ferguson (1983).
*Ferguson (2008) placed Protitame in tribe Cassymini(1)
Numbers
Three species in the genus for North America north of Mexico.(1)
Protitame cervula
P. virginalis
P. subalbaria
Range
Protitame subalbaria (southern Cailfornia to British Columbia and Alberta)
P. cervula (Arizona)
P. virginalis (across Canada south to Virginia to New Mexico north through Utah)(1)
Print References
Ferguson, Douglas C., The Moths of North America, Fascicle 17.2, Geometroidea, Geometridae, Ennominae (part: Abaxini, Cassymini, Macariini) 2008 p. 27, 39-46(1)