A review of Mexican Stamnodes (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) with the description of 16 new species Author Matson, Tanner A. text European Journal of Taxonomy 2023 2023-12-14 911 1 79 https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2371/10397 journal article 10.5852/ejt.2023.911.2371 2118-9773 10376790 DB29E6F1-7925-46DB-8C9E-055C639203CE Stamnodes deceptiva Barnes & McDunnough, 1918 Figs 12 , 94–95 Stamnodes deceptiva Barnes & McDunnough, 1918: 136 , pl. 23 fig. 1. Type locality: Paradise, Cochise County, Arizona , USA . [USNM]. Stamnodes deceptiva – McDunnough 1938: 151 (checklist). — Ferguson 1983: 103 (checklist). — Poole & Gentili 1996: 686 (checklist). — Scoble 1999: 901 (catalogue). — Knudson & Bordelon 2002: 7 . — Scoble & Hausmann 2007 (online catalogue). — Pohl et al. 2016: 449 (checklist). — Matson & Wagner 2020: 79–90 . — Rajaei et al. 2022 (online catalogue). Diagnostic remarks Stamnodes deceptiva is sometimes confused with S. fervefactaria . It is most easily set apart from the latter by its two, bright orange, transverse medial patches on the hindwing underside that sit inside a cream, transverse medial band. Distribution Mexico : Stamnodes deceptiva is primarily a mid-elevation northern Sierra Madre Occidental sky island endemic found in Sonora and Chihuahua . USA : this species is locally common in a few mountainous areas of southeastern Arizona and western New Mexico . Biology The life history of this species is unpublished, but caterpillars can be predicted to feed on herbaceous mints from knowledge of related taxa. Adults fly from July to August. Molecular characterization This species is represented in BOLD as BIN: BOLD:AAH4920 (n = 16). At present, the average pairwise intraspecific distance is 0.1%, the maximum pairwise intraspecific distance is 0.32%, and the distance to the nearest neighbour, Stamnodes fergusoni (n = 6), is 6.6%.