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Drymoea is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae erected by Francis Walker in 1854. This genus was originally proposed in the family Arctiidae, but was later transferred to the Geometridae. Some other genera (Sangala, Melanoptilon, Nelo and Nelopsis) were then included in this genus. The genus is confined to the Neotropical realm.

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GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassInsecta
  4. OrderLepidoptera
  5. FamilyGeometridae

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Specimen records
11
Family
Geometridae
Collections
USNM, MZLU
Recorded in
Colombia

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Drymoea is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae erected by Francis Walker in 1854. This genus was originally proposed in the family Arctiidae, but was later transferred to the Geometridae. Some other genera (Sangala, Melanoptilon, Nelo and Nelopsis) were then included in this genus. The genus is confined to the Neotropical realm.

==Species== In alphabetical order: Drymoea aenea (Warren, 1904) Drymoea alcera (Boisduval, 1870) Drymoea antiphates (Druce, 1885) Drymoea beata (Walker, 1856) Drymoea caelisigna (Walker, 1854) Drymoea choba (Druce, 1899) Drymoea chrysomela (Butler & Druce, 1872) Drymoea collinsi (Fletcher, 1952) Drymoea crescens (Warren, 1904) Drymoea cyaneres (Prout, 1916) Drymoea cydrara (Druce, 1907) Drymoea cynara (Druce, 1907) Drymoea darthula (Thierry-Mieg, 1893) Drymoea discalis (Walker, 1854) Drymoea donuca (Druce, 1907) Drymoea flora (Warren, 1897) Drymoea glaucata (Fletcher, 1952) Drymoea hesperoides (Walker, 1854) Drymoea imparata (Walker, [1865]) Drymoea lippa (Schaus, 1892) Drymoea mediata (Warren, 1906) Drymoea nasuta (Walker, [1865]) Drymoea pandia (Druce, 1899) Drymoea sacrata (Felder & Felder, 1862) Drymoea satellitia (Warren, 1897) Drymoea simulans (Walker, 1854) Drymoea splendidissima (Bastelberger, 1911) Drymoea subcyanea (Dognin, 1903) Drymoea timidaria (Herrich-Schäffer, [1856]) Drymoea tolosa (Druce, 1885) Drymoea tricolor (Thierry-Mieg, 1905) Drymoea unimaculata Butler, 1876 Drymoea veliterna (Druce, 1885)

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