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Epelis Hulst, 1896

Epelis Hulst, 1896; Trans. Am. ent. Soc. 23 : 322, 324, TS: Fidonia truncataria Walker

= Macaria ;

Epelis (Semiothisini) ; [NACL, 89]
Epelis (Macariini) ; [MNA17.2, 161]

Misidentified/misapplied:

Isturgia Hübner, 1823; auth.

Epelis truncataria (Walker, 1862)

Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Quebec - British Columbia, S.Labrador, Ontario, Manitoba, Northwest Territories, Yukon, Alaska, New England - Connecticut, New Jersey, New York, Michigan, Wisconsin, South Dakota, Colorado, Idaho. See [About maps] Fidonia truncataria Walker, 1862; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 24: 1034, TL: Hudson Bay, Albany River, St Martin's Falls
Epelis truncataria, Moth Photographers Group [MPG]
Epelis truncataria ; [NACL, #6321]; [MNA17.2: 162, f. 2c, 36a-c, pl. 3, f. 60-64, pl. 11, f. 7]

Larva on Chamaedaphne calyculata, Arctostaphylos uva-ursi, Vaccinium myrtilloides [MNA17.2, 164]

5.7.2009 (1)

References:

[About maps]

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[MNA17.2]

Ferguson, 2008; The Moths of America North of Mexico; Fascicle 17.2; GEOMETROIDEA; Geometridae (Part); Ennominae (Part - Abraxini, Cassymini, Macariini)

[MPG]

North American Moth Photographers Group

[NACL]

Hodges, Ronald W. (ed.), 1983; Check List of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico

Some related literature:

Hulst, 1896

Classification of the Geometrina of North America with descriptions of new genera and species Trans. Am. ent. Soc. 23 : 245-386, pl. 10-11

Walker, 1862

List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 20: 1-276 (1860), 21: 277-498 (1860), 22: 499-755 (1861), 23: 757-1020 (1861), 24: 1021-1280 (1862), 25: 1281-1477 (1862), 26: 1478-1796 ([1863])

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