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Tescalsia giulianiata (male)
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Tescalsia

Ferguson, 1994

Tescalsia is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae first described by Alexander Douglas Campbell Ferguson in 1994. [1] [2]

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References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Tescalsia". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 9, 2019.
  2. Savela, Markku. "Tescalsia Ferguson in Powell & Ferguson, 1994". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved May 9, 2019.