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Hypomecis
Sign in to saveHypomecis is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae first described by Jacob Hübner in 1821.
Species
Pale Oak Beauty
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderLepidoptera
- FamilyGeometridae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 130
- With media
- 4
- Family
- Geometridae
- Collections
- USNM, QM, MISSA
- Recorded in
- United States, Australia
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Hypomecis is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae first described by Jacob Hübner in 1821.
==Description== Palpi oblique, reaching beyond the frons and fringed with hair below. Forewings with slightly crenulate (scalloped) cilia. Vein 3 from near angle of cell and veins 7 to 9 from near upper angle. Typically with vein 10 and 11 arise from cell. Hindwings with vein 3 from near angle of cell. Cilia crenulate.
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