Pterocypha defensata

Pterocypha defensata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Tribe:	Hydriomenini
Genus:	Pterocypha
Species:	P. defensata
Binomial name
	Pterocypha defensata; Walker, 1862
Synonyms
	Pterocypha floridata (Walker, 1863) ;

Pterocypha defensata is a species of geometrid moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in the Caribbean Sea and North America.^[1]^[2]^[3]

The MONA or Hodges number for Pterocypha defensata is 7299.^[4]

References[]

^ ^a ^b "Pterocypha defensata Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
^ "Pterocypha defensata". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
^ "Pterocypha defensata species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
^ "North American Moth Photographers Group, Pterocypha defensata". Retrieved 2019-09-24.

Becker, Vitor O.; Miller, Scott E. (2002). "The large moths of Guana Island, British Virgin Islands: a survey of efficient colonizers (Sphingidae, Notodontidae, Noctuidae, Arctiidae, Geometridae, Hyblaeidae, Cossidae)" (PDF). Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society. 56 (1): 9–44. ISSN 0024-0966.
Holloway, J. D. (1997). Family Geometridae, subfamilies Sterrhinae and Larentiinae. The Moths of Borneo. Vol. part 10. Southdene Sdn. Bhd. ISBN 978-9839991543.
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.

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