Biology:Holochroa

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Short description: Genus of moths

Holochroa
Holochroa dissociarius, -26139, Det. John L. Sperry, Madera Canyon, Santa Rita Mountains, Arizona16 August 1949, John L. Sperry (49551419827).jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Holochroa
Hulst, 1896
Species:
H. dissociarius
Binomial name
Holochroa dissociarius
(Hulst, 1887)
Synonyms
  • Gloduria Dyar, 1924

Holochroa is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae. Its only species, Holochroa dissociarius,[1][2][3][4] is found in North America.[1] The species was described by George Duryea Hulst in 1887 and he described the genus nine years later in 1896.[5]

Subspecies

There are two subspecies:

  • Holochroa dissociarius dissociarius g
  • Holochroa dissociarius varia Rindge, 1961 c g b

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

References

Further reading

  • Beadle, David; Leckie, Seabrooke (2012). Peterson Field Guide to Moths of Northeastern North America. Virginia Museum of Natural History. ISBN 0547238487. 
  • Covell, Charles V. Jr. (2005). A Field Guide to Moths of Eastern North America. Special Publication Number 12. Virginia Museum of Natural History. ISBN 1-884549-21-7. 
  • Grote, Aug.R.; Robinson, C.T. (1868). List of the Lepidoptera of North America. American Entomological Society. https://archive.org/details/cihm_04389. 
  • Heppner, J.B. (2003). "Lepidoptera of Florida. Part 1. Introduction and catalog". Arthropods of Florida and Neighboring Areas (Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services) 17. ISSN 0066-8036. http://freshfromflorida.s3.amazonaws.com/arthropods-of-florida-vol-17.pdf. Retrieved 2019-04-02. 
  • Check List of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico: Including Greenland. E.W. Classey and The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation. 1983. ISBN 9780860960164. 
  • Pitkin, Linda M. (2002). "Neotropical ennomine moths: a review of the genera (Lepidoptera: Geometridae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 135 (2–3): 121–401. ISSN 0024-4082. 
  • Pohl, Greg; Patterson, Bob; Pelham, Jonathan (2016). Annotated taxonomic checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico (Report). doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.2186.3287. 
  • Powell, Jerry A.; Opler, Paul A. (2009). Moths of Western North America. University of California Press. ISBN 9780520251977. 
  • Yamamoto, Satoshi; Sota, Teiji (2007). "Phylogeny of the Geometridae and the evolution of winter moths inferred from a simultaneous analysis of mitochondrial and nuclear genes". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 44: 711–723. ISSN 1055-7903. 

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