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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 » Cassymini » Filament Bearers (Nematocampa)

Genus Nematocampa - Filament Bearers

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Mini Moth - Nematocampa resistaria Moth 051516 - Nematocampa resistaria Nematocampa resistaria Horned Spanworm - Nematocampa resistaria Horned Spanworm - Hodges#7010 - Nematocampa resistaria Eumacaria madopata - Nematocampa resistaria Nematocampa resistaria Nematocampa resistaria
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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 Cassymini
Genus Nematocampa (Filament Bearers)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Nematocampa Guenee, 1857
*Ferguson (2008) placed Nematocampa in tribe Cassymini(1)
Numbers
Three species in the genus for North America north of Mexico(1)
Nematocampa baggettaria
N. resistaria
N. brehmeata
Print References
Ferguson, Douglas C., The Moths of North America, Fascicle 17.2, Geometroidea, Geometridae, Ennominae (part: Abaxini, Cassymini, Macariini) 2008 p. 27-34. (1)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group - photographs of pinned adults representing the three species.
Works Cited
1.The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 17.2, Geometroidea, Geometridae, Ennominae.
Douglas C. Ferguson . 2008. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.
Contributed by Cotinis on 28 May, 2004 - 1:26pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, Maury Heiman, Kyhl Austin
Last updated 14 May, 2016 - 6:00pm

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