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The Geographic Variation of Dasyuris polata (Duponchel) in North America (Lepidoptera: Geometridae)1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Eugene Munroe
Eugene Munroe
Affiliation:
Systematic Entomology, Division of Entomology, Ottawa, Canada
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The arctic species Dasyuris polata, described by Duponchel (1830: 402; Pl. 199, Fig. 4) from northern Europe, has been known from America since early times. The species is notoriously variable; until recently, however, it has not been possible to assess the geographic components of its variation.

There are now, largely as a product of the Northern Insect Survey, excellent series of D. polata in the Canadian National Collection. Through the kindness of correspondents I have been able to supplement these series by borrowing material of certain non-Canadian forms, and it has become evident that D. polata has striking geographic variation in North America.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 83 , Issue 11 , November 1951 , pp. 290 - 294
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1951

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