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Species Biston recisa - Hodges#6648

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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 Biston
Species recisa (Biston recisa - Hodges#6648)
Hodges Number
6648
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Biston recisa (Rindge, 1975)
Cochisea recisa Rindge, 1975
Explanation of Names
Biston recisa (Rindge, 1975), n. comb., was formerly in the genus Cochisea, a new synonym of Biston (Schmidt & McGuinness in Pohl & Nanz (eds.) 2023).(1)
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Works Cited
1.Annotated Taxonomic Checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico
Pohl, G. R. and S. R. Nanz (eds.). 2023. Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.
2.North American Moth Photographers Group