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Nepheloleuca

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Nepheloleuca, is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae erected by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1883. The genus includes twelve species, similar in appearance, yet different in ground color and with minor variations in markings. Nepheloleuca species occur on the Caribbean islands of Haiti, Cuba and Jamaica, but also on mainland South America.

Species

GENUS

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

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
20
Family
Geometridae
Collections
MNHN, MZLU, ANSP
Recorded in
Martinique, Colombie, éQuateur, PéRou, BréSil, Guatemala, Bolivie, Equateur

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Nepheloleuca, is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae erected by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1883. The genus includes twelve species, similar in appearance, yet different in ground color and with minor variations in markings. Nepheloleuca species occur on the Caribbean islands of Haiti, Cuba and Jamaica, but also on mainland South America.

==Selected species== Nepheloleuca absentimacula Warren, 1900 Nepheloleuca complicata (Guenee, 1858) Nepheloleuca floridata (Grote, 1883) Nepheloleuca peruviana Herbulot, 2002 Nepheloleuca politia (Cramer, 1777) Nepheloleuca semiplaga Warren, 1894

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