''Phaeoura perfidaria'' is a species of
moth
Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...
in the family
Geometridae (geometrid moths).
It was described by
William Barnes
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and
James Halliday McDunnough in 1917 and is found in North America,
[ where it has been recorded from ]Arizona
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, California
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, Colorado
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and New Mexico
)
, population_demonym = New Mexican ( es, Neomexicano, Neomejicano, Nuevo Mexicano)
, seat = Santa Fe
, LargestCity = Albuquerque
, LargestMetro = Tiguex
, OfficialLang = None
, Languages = English, Spanish ( New Mexican), Navajo, Ker ...
.
The wingspan
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is 40–47 mm.
The MONA or Hodges number for ''Phaeoura perfidaria'' is 6768.[Pohl, G.R.; Patterson, B.; & Pelham, J.P. (2016). ]
Taxonomic Checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico
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References
Further reading
* Arnett, Ross H. (2000). ''American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico''. CRC Press.
* Scoble, Malcolm J., ed. (1999). ''Geometrid moths of the World: A Catalogue (Lepidoptera, Geometridae)''. 1016.
External links
''Butterflies and Moths of North America''
Geometridae
Moths described in 1917
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