Destutia excelsa

Destutia excelsa is a species of moth in the family Geometridae first described by Strecker in 1878.[1][2][3][4] It is found in North America.[1]

Destutia excelsa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Tribe:	Ourapterygini
Genus:	Destutia
Species:	D. excelsa
Binomial name
Destutia excelsa (Strecker in Ruffner, 1878)

The MONA or Hodges number for Destutia excelsa is 6883.[5]

Subspecies

Three subspecies belong to Destutia excelsa:

• Destutia excelsa excelsa (Strecker in Ruffner, 1878) ^{i g}
• Destutia excelsa olivata (Barnes & McDunnough, 1917) ⁱ
• Destutia excelsa simpliciaria (Grote, 1883) ^{i g}

Data sources: i = ITIS,[1] c = Catalogue of Life,[2] g = GBIF,[3] b = BugGuide[4]

References

1. "Destutia excelsa Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
2. "Destutia excelsa species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
3. "Destutia excelsa". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
4. "Destutia excelsa Species Information". BugGuide. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
5. "North American Moth Photographers Group, Destutia excelsa". Retrieved 2018-04-25.

Further reading

• 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.