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Species Nepytia umbrosaria - Hodges#6899

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Life Cycle · See Also · Internet References · Works Cited
Nepytia umbrosaria - male Nepytia umbrosaria - male Moth - Nepytia umbrosaria - female Nepytia umbrosaria - male Nepytia umbrosaria - male Nepytia umbrosaria - male Moth photo 1 - Nepytia umbrosaria - female Nepytia umbrosaria 6899? - Nepytia umbrosaria - male
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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 umbrosaria (Nepytia umbrosaria - Hodges#6899)
Hodges Number
6899
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Nepytia umbrosaria (Packard, 1873)
Cleora umbrosaria Packard, 1873
Size
Adult: wingspan ≈ 33 mm (1)
Larva: Mature larvae reach a length of about 35 mm.
Identification
Specimen identified by DNA analysis:
Range
Found in Arizona, British Columbia, California, Oklahoma, Oregon and Washington. (1)
Season
Adults are on wing from late July to early August (1)
Food
Larvae feed from April to June, on the foliage of Abies amabilis, Abies grandis, Pseudotsuga menziesii var. glauca and Tsuga heterophylla. (1)
Life Cycle
Species overwinters as a mid-instar larva. Pupation takes place in June (1)
See Also
Nepytia lagunata


Nepytia regulata
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group – species page (2)
BOLD Systems - images of DNA supported specimens (3)
Wikipedia - brief description (1)
Works Cited
1.Wikipedia
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
3.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Chuck Entz on 18 February, 2006 - 10:15am
Additional contributions by anitagould, Robert Lord Zimlich, Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 19 January, 2018 - 2:16pm

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