Monostoecha

Monostoecha is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae described by David Stephen Fletcher in 1979.[1] Its only species, Monostoecha semipectinata, first described by George Duryea Hulst in 1898, is found in the American Southwest.[2]

Monostoecha
Monostoecha semipectinata
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Monostoecha

Fletcher, 1979
Species:
M. semipectinata
Binomial name
Monostoecha semipectinata
Hulst, 1898
Synonyms
  • Monotaxis Hulst, 1898

References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Monostoecha". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 6, 2019.
  2. "910127.00 – 7289 – Monostoecha semipectinata – (Hulst, 1898)". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved May 6, 2019.


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