Biology:Destutia excelsa

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Short description: Species of moth

Destutia excelsa
Destutia excelsa -25990 Det. John L. Sperry Williams, Arizona. 11 June 1941, John L. Sperry (49550390393).jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Tribe: Ourapterygini
Genus: Destutia
Species:
D. excelsa
Binomial name
Destutia excelsa
(Strecker in Ruffner, 1878)

Destutia excelsa is a species of moth in the family Geometridae first described by Strecker in 1878.[1][2][3][4] It is found in North America.[1]

The MONA or Hodges number for Destutia excelsa is 6883.[5]

Subspecies

Three subspecies belong to Destutia excelsa:

  • Destutia excelsa excelsa (Strecker in Ruffner, 1878) i g
  • Destutia excelsa olivata (Barnes & McDunnough, 1917) i
  • Destutia excelsa simpliciaria (Grote, 1883) i g

Data sources: i = ITIS,[1] c = Catalogue of Life,[2] g = GBIF,[3] b = BugGuide[4]

References

Further reading

Wikidata ☰ Q13555485 entry