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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 » Boarmiini » Epimecis

Genus Epimecis

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Works Cited
Epimecis hortaria - male Moth - Epimecis hortaria - male Another caterpillar on spicebush - Epimecis hortaria Moth blends in well with cliff with small bug on its wing. - Epimecis hortaria ?Tulip tree beauty - Epimecis hortaria - male Tulip tree beauty - Epimecis hortaria - Male Hodges #6595 - Epimecis hortaria - male Epimecis hortaria - Tulip-tree Beauty - Hodges#6599 - Epimecis hortaria - female Geometrid - Epimecis hortaria
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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 Boarmiini
Genus Epimecis
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Epimecis Hübner 1825
Bronchelia Guenée, 1857
Epimecis (Boarmiini)
Numbers
Nearctica (1) lists six species:
Epimecis anonaria Felder 1874
Epimecis detexta Walker 1860
Epimecis fraternaria Guenee 1857
Epimecis hortaria Fabricius 1794
Epimecis matronaria Guenee 1857
Epimecis subaustralis Hulst 1898
Works Cited
1.Nearctica: Nomina Insecta Nearctica
Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 12:32pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Maury Heiman
Last updated 4 July, 2016 - 10:13am

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