Letispe

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Letispe
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Letispe
Ferguson, 2008
Species:
L. metanemaria
Binomial name
Letispe metanemaria
(Hulst, 1887)

Letispe is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae described by Alexander Douglas Campbell Ferguson in 2008. Its one described species, Letispe metanemaria, described by George Duryea Hulst in 1887, is found in southwest North America in Arizona, California, Sonora and Baja California. [1] [2] [3]

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References

  1. "Letispe Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved May 3, 2018.
  2. "Letispe Genus Information". BugGuide. Retrieved May 3, 2018.
  3. Savela, Markku. "Letispe Ferguson, 2008". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved March 29, 2019.

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