Biology:Nepheloleuca

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Short description: Genus of moths

Nepheloleuca
Nepheloleuca complicata.jpg
Nepheloleuca complicata
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Subfamily: Ennominae
Tribe: Ourapterygini
Genus: Nepheloleuca
Butler, 1883

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

References

Wikidata ☰ Q6994977 entry