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Species Synchlora irregularia - Hodges#7062

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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 Geometrinae (Emeralds)
Tribe Synchlorini
Genus Synchlora
Species irregularia (Synchlora irregularia - Hodges#7062)
Hodges Number
7062
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Synchlora irregularia (Barnes & McDunnough, 1918)
Racheospila irregularia Barnes & McDunnough, 1918
Size
Ferguson (1985) reported the forewing length. (1)
♂ 7.5 mm.
♀ 9 mm.
Identification
Range
South Texas.
Holotype collected in Brownsville, Texas, USNM (National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC). (1)
Remarks
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Print References
Ferguson, D.C., 1985. The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 18.1. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation, p. 90; pl. 4.1-2. (1)