Hydriomena? protrita
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Hydriomena? protrita is an extinct species of moth in the family Geometridae, and possibly in the modern genus Hydriomena.[1] The species is known from late Eocene, Priabonian stage,[2] lake deposits of the Florissant Formation in Teller County, Colorado, United States. It was first described by Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell in 1922.[1]
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Hydriomena? protrita | |
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Holotype forewing | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Geometridae |
Tribe: | Hydriomenini |
Genus: | Hydriomena (?) |
Species: | H.? protrita |
Binomial name | |
Hydriomena? protrita Cockerell, 1922 | |
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