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Species Nepheloleuca politia - Hodges#6985

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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 Nepheloleuca

Species politia (Nepheloleuca politia - Hodges#6985)

Hodges Number

6985

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Nepheloleuca politia (Cramer, 1777)

Phalaena politia Cramer, [1777]

Size

Wingspan 42-44 mm. (1)

Range

Florida (2)

Central and South America; Antilles.

Moth Photographers Group - large map with some distribution data.

Season

Adults fly nearly year round in Florida. (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)

Works Cited

1.	North American Moth Photographers Group

2.	Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Florida

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 21 May, 2011 - 7:31pm
Last updated 24 October, 2013 - 8:38am

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