''Sericosema immaculata'' is a
moth
Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...
in the family
Geometridae described by
William Barnes
William Barnes (22 February 1801 – 7 October 1886) was an English polymath, writer, poet, philologist, priest, mathematician, engraving artist and inventor. He wrote over 800 poems, some in Dorset dialect, and much other work, including a co ...
and
James Halliday McDunnough in 1913.
It is found in North America.
[
The MONA or Hodges number for ''Sericosema immaculata'' is 6673.][Pohl, G.R., Patterson, B., & Pelham, J.P. (2016). ]
Annotated Taxonomic Checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico
'
References
Further reading
*
*Scoble, Malcolm J., ed. (1999). ''Geometrid Moths of the World: A Catalogue (Lepidoptera, Geometridae)'', 1016.
External links
''Butterflies and Moths of North America''
Geometridae
Moths described in 1913
{{Geometroidea-stub