''Euchlaena deductaria'', the forked euchlaena moth, is a species of
moth of the family
Geometridae. It is found in
North America
North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere and almost entirely within the Western Hemisphere. It is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the southeast by South America and the Car ...
, where it has been recorded from
Alabama,
Arkansas,
Florida,
Georgia,
Kentucky,
Maine,
Maryland,
New York
New York most commonly refers to:
* New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York
* New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States
New York may also refer to:
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,
North Carolina,
Ohio,
Oklahoma
Oklahoma (; Choctaw language, Choctaw: ; chr, ᎣᎧᎳᎰᎹ, ''Okalahoma'' ) is a U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States, bordered by Texas on the south and west, Kansas on the nor ...
,
South Carolina,
Tennessee,
Texas and
West Virginia.
The
wingspan is about 42 mm. Adults are on wing from April to August.
Taxonomy
The name ''Euchlaella pectillaria'' was erroneously applied to this species, while the American species is to be correctly called by its previously considered junior synonym, ''Euchlaella deductaria''. The name ''pectillaria'' is a junior synonym of the European species ''
Odontopera bidentata''.
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References
Moths described in 1860
Angeronini
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