Holochroa

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Holochroa
Holochroa dissociarius, -26139, Det. John L. Sperry, Madera Canyon, Santa Rita Mountains, Arizona16 August 1949, John L. Sperry (49551419827).jpg
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Holochroa
Hulst, 1896
Species:
H. dissociarius
Binomial name
Holochroa dissociarius
(Hulst, 1887)
Synonyms
  • GloduriaDyar, 1924

Holochroa is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae. Its only species, Holochroa dissociarius, [1] [2] [3] [4] is found in North America. [1] The species was described by George Duryea Hulst in 1887 and he described the genus nine years later in 1896. [5]

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Subspecies

There are two subspecies:

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 "Holochroa dissociarius Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved April 23, 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Holochroa dissociarius species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved April 23, 2018.
  3. 1 2 "Holochroa dissociarius". GBIF. Retrieved April 23, 2018.
  4. 1 2 "Holochroa dissociarius Species Information". BugGuide. Retrieved April 23, 2018.
  5. Savela, Markku. "Holochroa Hulst, 1896". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved April 2, 2019.

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