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Genus Nomenia

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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 Larentiinae
Tribe Asthenini
Genus Nomenia
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Nomenia Pearsall, 1905
Explanation of Names
Nomenia Pearsall, 1905, revised status, was treated as a synonym of Venusia in the the Hodges 1983 Checklist and later recognized as valid in Xue & Scoble (2002).
Numbers
2 species
Identification
Separated from other species in the genus Venusia by male antennae which are unipectinate, not bipectinate or simple.
Print References
Pearsall, R.F., 1905. The genus Venusia and its included species. The Canadian Entomologist, 37: 126.
Xue, D. & M.J. Scoble, 2002. A review of the genera associated with the tribe Asthenini (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Larentiinae). Bulletin of the Natural History Museum London (Entomology), 71: 97.
Contributed by Steve Nanz on 29 April, 2023 - 4:49am

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