Nepytia semiclusaria

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Nepytia semiclusaria
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Nepytia
Species:
N. semiclusaria
Binomial name
Nepytia semiclusaria
(Walker, 1863)
Synonyms
  • Nepytia fumosaria(Strecker, 1899)

Nepytia semiclusaria, the southern nepytia, is a moth of the family Geometridae.

The wingspan is about 36 mm. Adults are on the wing year round.

The larvae feed on Pinus species.


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