Meris paradoxa

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Geometroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Cladus: Obtectomera Cladus: Macroheterocera Superfamilia: Geometroidea

Familia: Geometridae
Subfamilia: Ennominae
Tribus: Ourapterygini
Genus: Meris
Species: Meris paradoxa

Name

Meris paradoxa Rindge, 1971

Type locality: Madera Canyon, Santa Rita Mountains, southern Arizona, USA.

Holotype: NHMLA. male ♂. 16.VIII.1952. C.W. Kirkwood and R.H. Reid. slide CWK 955.

References

Primary references

• Rindge, F.H. 1971. A Revision of the Moth Genera Meris and Nemeris (Lepidoptera, Geometridae). American Museum Novitates 2710: 1–28. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Garzón-Orduña, I.J. & Matson, T.A. 2021. First report of Meris paradoxa Rindge (Geometridae: Ennominae) in the central mountains of Mexico, description of its female and a comparison of caterpillar variation among kin. Zootaxa 5032(1): 104–112. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5032.1.5. . Reference page.