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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Geometrid and Swallowtail Moths (Geometroidea) » Geometrid Moths (Geometridae) » Emeralds (Geometrinae) » Nemoriini » Nemoria » Cypress Emerald Moth - Hodges#7029 (Nemoria elfa)

Species Nemoria elfa - Cypress Emerald Moth - Hodges#7029

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

unidentified Emerald Moth - Nemoria elfa

?? 7058 – Synchlora aerata – Wavy-lined Emerald Moth & caterpillar [on Goldenrod] - Nemoria elfa - 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 Geometrinae (Emeralds)

Tribe Nemoriini

Genus Nemoria

Species elfa (Cypress Emerald Moth - Hodges#7029)

Hodges Number

7029

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Nemoria elfa Ferguson, 1969 (1), (2)

Phylogenetic sequence # 206650

Size

Ferguson (1985) listed the forewing length. (2)

Males 9-10 mm.

Females 9-12 mm.

Identification

Ferguson (1985) first reports the brown forms with red terminal line. (2)

See Also

Nemoria extremaria

Print References

Ferguson, D.C., 1969. A revision of the moths of the subfamily Geometrinae of America North of Mexico (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Peabody Museum of Natural History Yale University Bulletin 29.(1)

Ferguson, D.C., 1985. The Moths of North America. Fascicle 18.1 Geometroidea, Geometridae (Part), Geometrinae. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation. p. 34; pl. 2.3-8.(2)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (3)

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (4)

Works Cited

1.	A revision of the moths of the subfamily Geometrinae of America north of Mexico (Insecta, Lepidoptera) Douglas C. Ferguson. 1969. Peabody Museum of Natural History Yale University Bulletin 29.

2.	The Moths of America North of Mexico Fascicle 18.1. Geometroidea, Geometridae (Part), Geometrinae Douglas C. Ferguson . 1985. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.

3.	North American Moth Photographers Group

4.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Gretchen Grammer on 18 September, 2009 - 9:32am
Additional contributions by Maury Heiman, Kyhl Austin
Last updated 4 January, 2016 - 12:09am

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