Dyspteris

Dyspteris is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae and was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1818. It is monotypic, being represented by a single species, Dyspteris abortivaria, commonly known as the bad-wing. This species was first described by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1855 and is found in North America.[1][2][3][4][5]

Dyspteris abortivaria
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Dyspteris
Hübner, 1818
Species:
D. abortivaria
Binomial name
Dyspteris abortivaria

It is called "bad-wing" because its forewing is much larger than its hindwing, making it often difficult to pull into position for spreading.[6]

The bad-wing, Dyspteris abortivaria

References
  1. "Dyspteris abortivaria (Herrich-Schäffer, 1855)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved April 30, 2018.
  2. "Species Details: Dyspteris abortivaria Herrich-Schäffer, 1858". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved April 30, 2018.
  3. "Dyspteris abortivaria Herrich-Schäffer, 1858". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved April 30, 2018.
  4. Cotinis (April 28, 2012). "Species Dyspteris abortivaria - The Bad-Wing - Hodges#7648". BugGuide. Retrieved April 30, 2018.
  5. Savela, Markku. "Dyspteris Hübner, 1818". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved May 18, 2019.
  6. Lotts, Kelly & Naberhaus, Thomas (2017). "The Bad-wing Dyspteris abortivaria (Herrich-Schäffer, 1855)". Butterflies and Moths of North America. Retrieved June 9, 2019.

Further reading
  • Beadle, David; Leckie, Seabrooke (2012). Peterson Field Guide to Moths of Northeastern North America. Virginia Museum of Natural History. ISBN 0547238487.
  • Covell, Charles V. Jr. (2005). A Field Guide to Moths of Eastern North America. Special Publication Number 12. Virginia Museum of Natural History. ISBN 1-884549-21-7.
  • Grote, Aug.R.; Robinson, C.T. (1868). List of the Lepidoptera of North America. American Entomological Society.
  • Heppner, J.B. (2003). "Lepidoptera of Florida. Part 1. Introduction and catalog" (PDF). Arthropods of Florida and Neighboring Areas. Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. 17. ISSN 0066-8036. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-04-23. Retrieved 2019-05-18.
  • Hodges, Ronald W., ed. (1983). Check List of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico: Including Greenland. E.W. Classey and The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation. ISBN 9780860960164.
  • Holloway, J.D. (1997). Family Geometridae, subfamilies Sterrhinae and Larentiinae. The Moths of Borneo. Vol. part 10. Southdene Sdn. Bhd. ISBN 983999154X.
  • Pohl, Greg; Patterson, Bob; Pelham, Jonathan (2016). Annotated taxonomic checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico (Report). doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.2186.3287.
  • Powell, Jerry A.; Opler, Paul A. (2009). Moths of Western North America. University of California Press. ISBN 9780520251977.
  • Viidalepp, Jaan (2006). "Cladistic analysis of the subfamily Larentiinae". Spixiana. 29 (3): 202–203. ISSN 0341-8391.
  • Yamamoto, Satoshi; Sota, Teiji (2007). "Phylogeny of the Geometridae and the evolution of winter moths inferred from a simultaneous analysis of mitochondrial and nuclear genes". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 44: 711–723. ISSN 1055-7903.


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