Prorella discoidalis

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Prorella discoidalis
Prorella discoidalis, det. H.W. Capps, -26381, North Rim, Grand Canyon, Arizona, 22 August 1938, Louis Schellbach III (49549856063).jpg
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Prorella
Species:
P. discoidalis
Binomial name
Prorella discoidalis
(Grossbeck, 1908) [1] [2]
Synonyms
  • Gymnoscelis discoidalisGrossbeck, 1908

Prorella discoidalis is a moth in the family Geometridae first described by John Arthur Grossbeck in 1908. It is found in the US states of Arizona, New Mexico and Utah.

The wingspan is about 17 mm. There seem to be two generations per year with adults on wing in June and again in August. [3]

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Prorella artestata is a moth in the family Geometridae first described by John Arthur Grossbeck in 1908. It is found in the US states of Arizona and Texas.

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Prorella insipidata is an American moth of the family Geometridae first described by Pearsall in 1910. It lives in Oregon, California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas.

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References

  1. Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Prorella discoidalis (Grossbeck 1908)". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 24, 2016.
  2. "910453.00 – 7612 – Prorella discoidalis – (Grossbeck, 1908)". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved May 2, 2019.
  3. McDunnough, James H. (1949). "Revision of the North American species of the genus Eupithecia (Lepidoptera, Geometridae)" (PDF). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 93: 533–728.