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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 » Ourapterygini » Nepytia »  Nepytia new species - Hodges#6910.96 (Nepytia n-sp)

Species Nepytia n-sp - Nepytia new species - Hodges#6910.96

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Nepytia - Nepytia n-sp
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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 n-sp ( Nepytia new species - Hodges#6910.96)
Hodges Number
6910.96
Numbers
There are 12 named species of the genus Nepytia in America north of Mexico.
Identification
Determined by James Adams.
Remarks
I sent this one to James Adams, who offered the following comment: "This Nepytia is a common (in north GA), but undescribed, dark gray species, not semiclusaria. N. semiclusaria is a species of the coastal plain." - Aubrey Scott (in litt., 2009) (1)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (2)
Works Cited
1.Nepytia
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 20 November, 2013 - 8:59pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz
Last updated 9 February, 2024 - 3:34am

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