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Thera contractata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Thera
Species:
T. contractata
Binomial name
Thera contractata
(Packard, 1873)

Thera contractata, known generally as the contracted spanworm or evergreen spanworm, is a species of geometrid moth in the family Geometridae.[1][2][3][4] It is found in North America.[1]

The MONA or Hodges number for Thera contractata is 7218.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b "Thera contractata Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-29.
  2. ^ "Thera contractata species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-29.
  3. ^ "Thera contractata". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-29.
  4. ^ "Thera contractata Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-29.
  5. ^ "North American Moth Photographers Group, Thera contractata". Retrieved 2018-04-29.

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.
  • Heppner, J.B. (2003). "Lepidoptera of Florida. Part 1. Introduction and catalog" (PDF). Arthropods of Florida and Neighboring Areas. 17. Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. ISSN 0066-8036.
  • Hodges, Ronald W., ed. (1983). Check List of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico: Including Greenland. E.W. Classey and The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation. ISBN 9780860960164.
  • Holloway, J.D. (1997). Family Geometridae, subfamilies Sterrhinae and Larentiinae. The Moths of Borneo. Vol. part 10. Southdene Sdn. Bhd. ISBN 983999154X.
  • 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.
  • Viidalepp, Jaan (2006). "Cladistic analysis of the subfamily Larentiinae". Spixiana. 29 (3): 202–203. ISSN 0341-8391.
  • 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.