Biology:Niceteria
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Short description: Genus of moths
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| Genus: | Niceteria Turner, 1929
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| Species: | N. macrocosma
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| Niceteria macrocosma (Lower, 1899)
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Niceteria is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae erected by Alfred Jefferis Turner in 1929. Its only species, Niceteria macrocosma, the showy geometrid, is found in Australia . It was first described by Oswald Bertram Lower in 1899.[1][2]
The wingspan is about 40 mm.
The larvae feed on Myrtaceae species, including Angophora costata.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Niceteria macrocosma". http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:c17ecc16-e3dd-4ef3-9abb-69d712c39717#tab_names. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
- ↑ Savela, Markku. "Niceteria Turner, 1929". http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/geometroidea/geometridae/ennominae/niceteria/. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
- ↑ Herbison-Evans, Don; Crossley, Stella (7 June 2014). "Niceteria macrocosma (Lower, 1899) Showy Geometrid". http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/naco/macrocosma.html. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
- Pitkin, Brian; Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Geometridae". Natural History Museum, London. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/butmoth/search/GenusList3.dsml?&FAMILY=Geometridae&sort=GENUS.
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