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HEMITHEA AESTIVARIA IN BRITISH COLUMBIA: CHARACTERS OF A PALAEARCTIC GENUS AND SPECIES NOT PREVIOUSLY KNOWN FROM NORTH AMERICA (LEPIDOPTERA: GEOMETRIDAE: GEOMETRINAE)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

K.B. Bolte  and
Eugene Munroe
K.B. Bolte
Affiliation:
Canadian Forestry Service, Environment Canada, Ottawa K1A 0C3 andBiosystematics Research Institute, Argiculture Canada, Ottawa K1A 0C6
Eugene Munroe
Affiliation:
Canadian Forestry Service, Environment Canada, Ottawa K1A 0C3 andBiosystematics Research Institute, Argiculture Canada, Ottawa K1A 0C6
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Abstract

The palaearctic species Hemithea aestivaria (Hübner) (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Geometrinae: Hemitheini), newly reported from British Columbia, is described, discussed and illustrated. The genus and species are new to the North American fauna.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 111 , Issue 10 , October 1979 , pp. 1121 - 1126
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1979

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