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Species Nemoria elfa - Cypress Emerald Moth - Hodges#7029

Nemoria elfa unidentified Emerald Moth - Nemoria elfa Unk moth - Nemoria elfa Nemoria elfa Geometrid - Nemoria elfa - female ?? 7058 – Synchlora aerata – Wavy-lined Emerald Moth  &  caterpillar [on Goldenrod] - Nemoria elfa - female unknown moth - Nemoria elfa - male Nemoria elfa
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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)