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

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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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