Three New Species of Idaea Treitschke (Geometridae: Sterrhinae) from the Southwestern United States and Northern Mexico.

Charles V. Covell Jr.

doi:10.18473/lepi.69i4.a7

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1 December 2015 Three New Species of Idaea Treitschke (Geometridae: Sterrhinae) from the Southwestern United States and Northern Mexico.

Charles V. Covell Jr.

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The J. of the Lepidopterists' Society, 69(4):317-325 (2015). https://doi.org/10.18473/lepi.69i4.a7

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Three new species of Idaea Treitschke, 1825 (Geometridae: Sterrhinae) are described and illustrated: Idaea knudsonaria n. sp., type locality Sierra Diablo Wildlife Management Area, Culberson County, Texas; Idaea kendallaria n. sp., type locality Santa Ana Refuge, Hidalgo County, Texas; and Idaea elizabetharia n. sp., type locality Madera Canyon, Santa Cruz County, Arizona. I. kendallaria has been reared on southern live oak, Quercus virginiana Miller.

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Charles V. Covell Jr. "Three New Species of Idaea Treitschke (Geometridae: Sterrhinae) from the Southwestern United States and Northern Mexico.," The Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 69(4), 317-325, (1 December 2015). https://doi.org/10.18473/lepi.69i4.a7

Received: 14 August 2014; Accepted: 22 April 2015; Published: 1 December 2015

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