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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Geometrid and Swallowtail Moths (Geometroidea) » Geometrid Moths (Geometridae) » Ennominae » Ourapterygini » Nepytia » Southern Nepytia - Hodges#6908 (Nepytia semiclusaria)

Species Nepytia semiclusaria - Southern Nepytia - Hodges#6908

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Range · Season · Food · Life Cycle · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Southern Nepytia Moth - Nepytia semiclusaria - male

Southern Nepytia - Hodges#6908 - Nepytia semiclusaria - female

Nepytia semiclusaria ? - Nepytia semiclusaria - female

All over - dark brown moth that looks like Nepytia semiclusaria – Pine Conelet Looper Moth, also known as Southern Nepytia Mo - Nepytia semiclusaria - male

Unknown moth - Nepytia semiclusaria - female

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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 Nepytia

Species semiclusaria (Southern Nepytia - Hodges#6908)

Hodges Number

6908

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Nepytia semiclusaria (Walker, 1863)

Endropia semiclusaria Walker, 1863

Nepytia fumosaria (Strecker, 1899)

Size

Larvae are about 50mm(1)

Range

North Carolina to Florida, then west along Gulf Coast. (2)

Season

Year-round (2)

Food

Pines (2)

Larvae feed on the old needles(1)

Life Cycle

Eggs are deposited in masses under bark scales.(1)

Pupa are sometimes tied together in the pine needles with strands of silk(1)

See Also

False Hemlock Looper (Nepytia canosaria) (3). Found in the north, smaller with more contrast to the colors (2)

Print References

Covell, p. 371 (2)

Walker, F. 1862. Geometrites. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum, 27: 1506.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (4)

The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (5)

Works Cited

1.	Eastern Forest Insects Whiteford L. Baker. 1972. U.S. Department of Agriculture · Forest Service.

2.	Peterson Field Guides: Eastern Moths Charles V. Covell. 1984. Houghton Mifflin Company.

3.	False Hemlock Looper

4.	North American Moth Photographers Group

5.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Jason D. Roberts on 3 March, 2008 - 8:41pm
Additional contributions by Mike Boone, Steve Nanz, Marci Hess
Last updated 25 August, 2023 - 4:11pm

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