Monostoecha

Monostoecha
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Genus:	Monostoecha; Fletcher, 1979
Species:	M. semipectinata
Binomial name
	Monostoecha semipectinata; Hulst, 1898
Synonyms
	Monotaxis Hulst, 1898;

Monostoecha is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae described by David Stephen Fletcher in 1979.[1] Its only species, Monostoecha semipectinata, first described by George Duryea Hulst in 1898, is found in the American Southwest.[2]

References

Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Monostoecha". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 6, 2019.
"910127.00 – 7289 – Monostoecha semipectinata – (Hulst, 1898)". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved May 6, 2019.

Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Geometridae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.

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[1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Monostoecha". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 6, 2019.

[2] "910127.00 – 7289 – Monostoecha semipectinata – (Hulst, 1898)". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved May 6, 2019.