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Cartaletis gracilis

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Cartaletis gracilis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Cartaletis
Species:
C. gracilis
Binomial name
Cartaletis gracilis
(Möschler, 1887)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Aletis alba Druce
  • Aletis gracilis (Möschler, 1887)
  • Aletis gracilis subsp. alba (Druce, 1896)
  • Aletis gracilis subsp. gracilis
  • Aletis gracilis subsp. landbecki Prout L.B., 1919
  • Aletis gracilis subsp. pallida (Warren, 1894)
  • Aletis gracilis subsp. variegata Prout L.B., 1916
  • Amnemopsyche gracilis Möschler, 1887
  • Leptalis pallida Warren, 1894

Cartaletis gracilis is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Heinrich Benno Möschler in 1887. It is found in Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana and Sierra Leone.[3][4]

Subspecies

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  • Cartaletis gracilis gracilis (Ghana, Sierra Leone)
  • Cartaletis gracilis landbecki (Prout, 1919) (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
  • Cartaletis gracilis variegata (Prout, 1916) (Cameroon)

References

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  1. ^ Sihvonen, Pasi (April 1, 2005). "Phylogeny and classification of the Scopulini moths (Lepidoptera: Geometridae, Sterrhinae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 143 (4): 473–530. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2005.00153.x.
  2. ^ "Cartaletis gracilis". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
  3. ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Cartaletis gracilis gracilis (Möschler, 1887)". Afromoths. Retrieved June 3, 2019.
  4. ^ Möschler, 1887. Beiträge zur schmetterlings-fauna von Goldküste