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Piruna pirus
(W. H. Edwards, 1878) |
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Type Specimens
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Pinned Specimens
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Larval Foodplants and Habitats
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Distribution and Larval Foodplants: W
USA: SE ID, W & S WY, CO, UT, AZ, NM, (W TX?)
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(From: A Catalogue of the Butterflies of the United States and Canada, Jonathan P. Pelham) Genus Piruna Evans, 1955 Cat. Am. Hesp. Brit. Mus. (4): 10, 11. Type-species: Pholisora pirus W. H. Edwards, 1878, Field & Forest 3(7/8): 119, by original designation.
Piruna pirus (W. H. Edwards, 1878) Field & Forest 3(7/8): 119. Original Combination: Pholisora Pirus Type Locality: “Southern Colorado”; suggested to be “Hardscrabble Canyon, Custer County, Colorado” by F. Brown and L. Miller (1977), Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 103(2): 264, 265. Types: Lectotype in CMNH, designated by F. Brown and L. Miller (1977), Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 103(2): 265, fig. 3 ♂ D&V. This taxon was redescribed by W. H. Edwards (1881), Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 9(1): 7. = semicaeca (Mabille & Boullet, 1917) Bull. Soc. Entomol. Fr. 1917(4): 100. Original Combination: Pholisora Pirus var. semicaeca Type Locality: “Utah, U. S.” Types: Holotype in MNHP. |
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