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MOTHS OF THE SEMIOTHISA SIGNARIA COMPLEX (LEPIDOPTERA: GEOMETRIDAE)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Douglas C. Ferguson
Douglas C. Ferguson
Affiliation:
Systematic Entomology Laborarory, USDA, c/o U.S. National Museum, Washington, D.C.
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Abstract

The signaria group of the genus Semiothisa is a complex of 10 extremely similar species, most of which are host-specific on certain genera of coniferous trees An eleventh species, S. sexmaculata, is also treated in this revision because of its close resemblance to members of the signaria complex, although its true affinity appears to be with the liturata–bisignata group. The species are described and illustrated, and their synonymy, distribution, variation and biology are discussed in detail, including an account of industrial melanism in a population of S. pinistrobata. Two new species names are proposed, and eight lectotypes designated. The main center of distribution is northeastern North America, and all of the known species except S. fuscaria occur on this continent. The one Holarctic species, S. signaria, which is generally the commonest in collections, also has the widest range of host plants, feeding on at least six genera of coniferous trees.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 106 , Issue 6 , June 1974 , pp. 569 - 621
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1974

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