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Genus Oxydia

Oxydia Oxydia vesulia Oxydia vesulia Pink moth on rope plant - Oxydia Oxydia vesulia adult - Oxydia vesulia Oxydia vesulia Medium sized unknown moth - Oxydia vesulia Maybe Oxydia vesulia - Oxydia vesulia
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Geometroidea (Geometrid and Swallowtail Moths)
Family Geometridae (Geometrid Moths)
Subfamily Ennominae
Tribe Ourapterygini
Genus Oxydia
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Author: Guenee, 1857
Numbers
6 species in North America (nearctica.com)
Size
wingspan about 50 mm
Range
Florida
also represented in Carribean islands, Central and South America
Internet References
pinned adult image of O. vesulia (Catalog of the Lepidoptera of the French Antilles)