Plataea californiaria

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Plataea californiaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Plataea
Species:P. californiaria
Binomial name
Plataea californiaria
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856

Plataea californiaria is a species of geometrid moth in the family Geometridae. [1] [2] It was described by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1856 and is found in North America. [2]

A species description is a formal description of a newly discovered species, usually in the form of a scientific paper. Its purpose is to give a clear description of a new species of organism and explain how it differs from species which have been described previously or are related. The species description often contains photographs or other illustrations of the type material and states in which museums it has been deposited. The publication in which the species is described gives the new species a formal scientific name. Some 1.9 million species have been identified and described, out of some 8.7 million that may actually exist. Millions more have become extinct.

Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer German entomologist and physician

Dr Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer was a German entomologist and physician. He was born, and died, in Regensburg. Herrich-Schäffer studied and collected particularly butterflies and moths (Lepidoptera). He was chairman of the Regensburg Botanical Society from 1861 to 1871, and was awarded an honorary citizenship of Regensburg in 1871.

The MONA or Hodges number for Plataea californiaria is 6924. [3] [4]

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References

  1. ↑ "Plataea californiaria Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-02-01.
  2. 1 2 "Plataea californiaria Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-02-01.
  3. ↑ Pohl, G.R.; Patterson, B. & Pelham, J.P. (2016). Taxonomic Checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico
  4. ↑ "Plataea californiaria, Hodges 6924". North American Moth Photographers Group. Retrieved 2018-02-01.

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