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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 » Boreal Pine Looper  - Hodges#6909 (Nepytia pellucidaria)

Species Nepytia pellucidaria - Boreal Pine Looper - Hodges#6909

Classification · Hodges Number · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Habitat · Food · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Geometridae: Nepytia canosaria - Nepytia pellucidaria - male Nepytia pellucidaria - male Nepytia pellucidaria - Boreal Pine Looper ? - Nepytia pellucidaria 6909 False Pine Looper (Nepytia pellucidaria)? - Nepytia pellucidaria - male Nepytia pellucidaria - male Nepytia pellucidaria - male Nepytia pellucidaria Nepytia pellucidaria
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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 pellucidaria (Boreal Pine Looper - Hodges#6909)
Hodges Number
6909
Other Common Names
False Pine Looper (Maier et al., 2004) (1)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Nepytia pellucidaria (Packard, 1873)
Cleora pellucidaria Packard, 1873
Explanation of Names
pellucid is Latin for transparent
Size
wingspan 35 - 45mm (1)
Range
rare, local, and spotty records from New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Maine, New Hampshire, New York, Quebec, Ontario, Wisconsin (1)
Habitat
pine forests and barrens on sandy soils (1). Also, suburban garden in Fredericton, NB
Food
larval hosts are red pine Pinus resinosa, pitch pine Pinus rigida, jack pine Pinus banksiana, and possibly white pine Pinus strobus (1)
Remarks
Perhaps not as rare in at least Atlantic Canada as previously thought:
Print References
Packard, 1873. Descriptions of new American Phalaenidae. 5th annual report Annual Report of the Trustees of the Peabody Academy of Science. 5: 78
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (MPG) (2)
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (3)
Works Cited
1.Rare, Declining, and Poorly Known Butterflies and Moths of Forests and Woodlands in the Eastern United States
Dale F. Schweitzer, Marc C. Minno, David L. Wagner. 2011. U.S. Forest Service, Forest Health Technology Enterprise Team, FHTET-2011-01. .
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
3.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Ken Schneider on 2 July, 2009 - 11:35am
Additional contributions by Bob Patterson, Steve Nanz, Tony-2, Randy Hardy
Last updated 15 October, 2024 - 8:47am

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