Cymatophora

Cymatophora is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae erected by Jacob Hübner in 1812.[1] Its only species, Cymatophora approximaria, the giant gray moth, was described by the same author in the same year. It is found mostly in the southeastern United States.[2][3][4][5][6] It is found in North America.[3]

Cymatophora
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Genus:	Cymatophora Hübner, 1812
Species:	C. approximaria
Binomial name
Cymatophora approximaria Hübner, 1812
Synonyms
Stenotrachelys Guenée, 1857

The MONA or Hodges number for Cymatophora approximaria is 6745.[2]

References

1. Savela, Markku. "Cymatophora Hübner, 1812". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved February 2, 2019.
2. "911170.00 – 6745 – Cymatophora approximaria – Giant Gray Moth – Hübner, [1812]". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved February 2, 2019.
3. "Cymatophora approximaria Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-23.
4. "Cymatophora approximaria species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-23.
5. "Cymatophora approximaria". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-23.
6. "Cymatophora approximaria Species Information". BugGuide. Retrieved 2018-04-23.

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. Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. 17. ISSN 0066-8036. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-04-23. Retrieved 2019-02-02.
• 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.
• Pitkin, Linda M. (2002). "Neotropical ennomine moths: a review of the genera (Lepidoptera: Geometridae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 135 (2–3): 121–401. ISSN 0024-4082.
• 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.
• 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.