Eois nigriceps | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Geometridae |
Genus: | Eois |
Species: | E. nigriceps |
Binomial name | |
Eois nigriceps | |
Synonyms | |
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Eois nigriceps is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in Peru.
The wingspan is about 30 mm. The forewings are wood-brown with dark grey lines, all swollen laterally on the costa into blackish coalescent blotches, so that the costal area appears dark. The hindwings are pale fawn, speckled with dark grey. [3]
Eois is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae. The genus contains about 250 validly described species, most from the Neotropical region. Many species are still undescribed and the total number of species is estimated to be over a 1,000 in the Neotropical region alone. The genus was first described by Jacob Hübner in 1818.
Asthenini is a tribe of geometer moths under subfamily Larentiinae first described by Warren in 1893. The tribe has been combined with Eupitheciini in the past, most notably by Jeremy Daniel Holloway in his work The Moths of Borneo.
Eois ambarilla is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in southern Ecuador.
Eois binaria is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in Brazil and Colombia.
Eois carrasca is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in Ecuador.
Eois cervina is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in Ecuador.
Eois elongata is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in Costa Rica.
Eois fasciata is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in Panama.
Eois furvibasis is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in Colombia.
Eois gemellaria is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in French Guiana and Brazil.
Eois hyperythraria is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in Brazil.
Eois insolens is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in Venezuela.
Eois lilacina is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in Peru.
Eois pallidicosta is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in Peru.
Eois percisa is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in Peru.
Eois perstrigata is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in Peru.
Eois planetaria is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in Peru.
Eois rubicunda is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in Colombia.
Eois snellenaria is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in Suriname, Puerto Rico and Jamaica.
Eois tegularia is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in Brazil and in Cuba. It has also been recorded from North America.
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