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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 » Nepheloleuca

Genus Nepheloleuca

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Remarks · Internet References
Yellow Moth - Nepheloleuca Unknown Moth - Nepheloleuca Nepheloleuca politia moth - Nepheloleuca floridata yellow moth - Nepheloleuca Genus Nepheloleuca - Nepheloleuca Nepheloleuca politia - Nepheloleuca Nepheloleuca politia
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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 Nepheloleuca
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
author of genus is Butler in 1883
Numbers
2 species in North America listed at All-Leps and nearctica.com: N. floridata and N. politia; both are listed on John Heppner's Checklist of Florida Lepidoptera
6 species worldwide listed at All-Leps
Size
wingspan about 40-48 mm, based on several Internet photos
Identification
Adult: wings yellow with brown speckling and a few larger spots/patches; hindwing has very prominent point about halfway along outer margin
Range
In North America, N. floridata and N. politia occur in Florida.
Other species occur in the West Indies plus Central America and northern South America.
Remarks
The type species is N. politia, originally placed in genus Phalaena by Cramer in 1777.
Internet References
pinned adult images of N. floridata and N. politia (Moth Photographers Group)
pinned adult image of N. politia split into left [female] and right [male] halves (Matthew Barnes, Moths of Jamaica)
10 pinned adult images of N. politia plus collection site map showing presence in West Indies, Central America, and northern South America (All-Leps)
pinned adult images of N. complicata and N. politia plus other info (Pierre Zagatti, Moths of the French Antilles)
type species, author, date (Markku Savela, FUNET)
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 21 November, 2008 - 8:10pm

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