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Issue: Vol. 467 No. 1: 19 Mar. 2004
Type: Article
Published: 2004-03-19
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa467.1.1
Page range: 1–9
Abstract views: 45
PDF downloaded: 21

A new species of Nasusina Pearsall from Colorado (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Eupitheciini)

5405 Bill Nye Ave., R.R. 3, Laramie, WY, 82070,USA Research Associate: Allyn Museum of Entomology/Florida State Museum, Sarasota, FL; C. P. Gillette Museum of Arthropods Diversity, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO; Florida State Collection of Arthropods, Gainesville, FL.
Lepidoptera Nasusina vallis Nasusina inferior Colorado Eupitheciini Geometridae taxonomy

Abstract

Nasusina vallis, new speices, is described from Mesa Co., Colorado and compared with its apparent closest relative Nasusina inferior Hulst. The adults and male and female genitalia of both species are illustrated, along with pertinent head and leg structures.

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