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Synchlora cupedinaria

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Synchlora cupedinaria is a moth in the family Geometridae first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1880. It is found in Florida, the Bahamas, the Virgin Islands, Guadeloupe, Martinique and possibly St. Kitts and Puerto Rico.[2]

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Synchlora cupedinaria
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Synchlora
Species:
S. cupedinaria
Binomial name
Synchlora cupedinaria
(Grote, 1880)[1]
Synonyms
  • Racheospila cupedinaria Grote, 1880
  • Synchlora louisa Hulst, 1898
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The wingspan is about 14–17 mm.[3]

Subspecies

  • Synchlora cupedinaria cupedinaria (Bahamas, Virgin Islands, Florida, possibly St. Kitts and Puerto Rico)
  • Synchlora cupedinaria guadelupensis Herbulot, 1988 (Guadeloupe, Martinique)

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