Destutia excelsa

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Destutia excelsa
Destutia excelsa -25990 Det. John L. Sperry Williams, Arizona. 11 June 1941, John L. Sperry (49550390393).jpg
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Tribe: Ourapterygini
Genus: Destutia
Species:
D. excelsa
Binomial name
Destutia excelsa
(Strecker in Ruffner, 1878)

Destutia excelsa is a species of moth in the family Geometridae first described by Strecker in 1878. [1] [2] [3] [4] It is found in North America. [1]

Contents

The MONA or Hodges number for Destutia excelsa is 6883. [5]

Subspecies

Three subspecies belong to Destutia excelsa:

Data sources: i = ITIS, [1] c = Catalogue of Life, [2] g = GBIF, [3] b = BugGuide [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Destutia excelsa Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
  2. 1 2 "Destutia excelsa species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
  3. 1 2 "Destutia excelsa". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
  4. 1 2 "Destutia excelsa Species Information". BugGuide. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
  5. "North American Moth Photographers Group, Destutia excelsa" . Retrieved 2018-04-25.

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