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Cheteoscelis Prout, 1912
Cheteoscelis Prout, 1912; Gen. Insect. 129: 117, TS: Chlorosea bistriaria Packard
Merochlora Prout, 1912; Gen. Insect. 129: 221, TS: Nemoria? phaseolaria Guenée
= ; [NACL, 98]; [NMA18.1]
Cheteoscelis (Synchlorini) ; [NACL, 98]; [NMA18.1]

Cheteoscelis bistriaria (Packard, 1876)
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Alberta, British Columbia - to (Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, California). See [About maps] Chlorosea bistriaria Packard, 1876; U.S. geol. geogr. Surv. Territ. 10 : 378, TL: Nevada
Aplodes undinaria Strecker, 1878; in Ruffner, Ann. Rep. Chief of Engineers, App. SS for 1878: 1862, TL: Rio Navajo [New Mexico]
= ; [NACL, #7065]; [MNA18.1, 95]
Cheteoscelis clarkei Sperry, 1939; Bull. S. Calif. Acad. Sci. 38: 124, TL: Split Rock Tank, Mojave Desert, California
= ; [NACL, #7065]; [MNA18.1, 95]
Cheteoscelis bistriaria [ALBERTA]
Cheteoscelis bistriaria ; [NACL, #7065]; [MNA18.1: 95, f. 21d, pl. 4, f. 7-13]

Larva on Solidago, Helianthus, Rosa [MNA18.1, 95]


Cheteoscelis pectinaria (Grossbeck, 1910)
Arizona. See [About maps] Annemoria pectinaria Grossbeck, 1910; Jl N.Y. Ent. Soc. 18: 202, TL: Redington, Arizona
Cheteoscelis pectinaria [Bruce Walsh]
Cheteoscelis pectinaria ; [NACL, #7066]; [MNA18.1: 96, f. 23c-e, pl. 4, f. 14-16]

Cheteoscelis faseolaria (Guenée, 1857)
California, Baja California. See [About maps] Nemoria? faseolaria Guenée, 1857; in Boisduval & Guenée, Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 9 : 351, TL: California
Chlorosea perviridaria Packard, 1876; U.S. geol. geogr. Surv. Territ. 10 : 379, TL: "Sanzalito" [Sausalito?], California
= ; [NACL, #7067]; [MNA18.1, 97]
Chlorosea fasciolaria ; Hulst, 1886, Ent. Amer. 2: 141 (missp.)
Cheteoscelis faseolaria ; [NACL, #7067]; [MNA18.1: 97, f. 22q-r, 23g, pl. 4, f. 17-20]

Larva on Artemisia californica [MNA18.1, 97]


Cheteoscelis graefiaria (Hulst, 1886)
Baja California, California, Oregon, Idaho, Nevada, Colorado, Utah. See [About maps] Chlorosea graefiaria Hulst, 1886; Ent. Amer. 2: 123, TL: Nevada
Merochlora eutraphes Prout, 1912; Gen. Insect. 129: 222, TL: Stockton, Utah
= ; [NACL, #7068]; [MNA18.1, 98]
Cheteoscelis graefiaria ; [NACL, #7068]; [MNA18.1: 98, f. 23a-b, 23f, pl. 4, f. 21-23]

Cheteoscelis orthogramma Dyar²
Mexico. See [About maps] Cheteoscelis orthogramma ; [MNA18.1, 91 (note)]

Cheteoscelis naenia Druce²
Mexico. See [About maps] Cheteoscelis naenia ; [MNA18.1, 91 (note)]


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References:
[ALBERTA]
University of Alberta, E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum; Browse Entomology Collection
[About maps]
Warning! The maps are automatically generated from the textual information, and the process does not always produce acceptable result; See about maps for more info.
[Bruce Walsh]
Bruce Walsh; e-mail: Bruce Walsh; The Moths of Southeastern Arizona; Butterflies of Southeastern Arizona
[MNA18.1]
Ferguson, 1985; The Moths of America North of Mexico; Fascicle 18.1; GEOMETROIDEA; Geometridae (Part)
[NACL]
Hodges, Ronald W. (ed.), 1983; Check List of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico
[²]
This may require parentheses or not. I don't have the necessary information for this taxon.


Some related literature:
Guenée in Boisduval & Guenée, 1857
Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Species Général des Lépidoptéres. Volume 9. Uranides et Phalénites Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 9 : 1-514 Atlas (Uranides & Phalenides): pl. 1-10, (Uranides) pl. 1 (1858) Atlas (Uranides, Phalenides, Siculides): pl. 12-22, (Siculides) pl. (1858)
Packard, 1876
A monograph of the Geometrid moths of Phalaenidae of the United States U.S. geol. geogr. Surv. Territ. 10 : 1-607, pl. 1-13
Prout, 1912
Lepidoptera Heterocear fam. Geometridae Subfam. Hemitheinae Gen. Insect. 129: 1-274, 5pls
Strecker, 1878
Annual report of Lieutenant E. H. Ruffner, Corps of Engineers, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1878. Explorations and surveys in the Department of the Missouri. Report of the Secretary of War for the Year 1878 2: 14847-1872 in Ruffner, Ann. Rep. Chief of Engineers, App. SS for 1878: 1847-1872


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