Nomenia obsoleta

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Nomenia obsoleta
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Nomenia
Species:
N. obsoleta
Binomial name
Nomenia obsoleta
Swett, 1916
Synonyms
  • Venusia obsoletaSwett, 1916

Nomenia obsoleta is a moth in the family Geometridae first described by Louis W. Swett in 1916. [1] [2] It is found in western North America, from British Columbia, through Washington and Oregon to California. [3]

The wingspan is about 20 mm. [3]

References

  1. Xue, Dayong; Scoble, Malcolm J. (2002). "A review of the genera associated with the tribe Asthenini (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Larentiinae)". Bulletin of the Natural History Museum. Entomology Series. 71 (1): 77–133. doi:10.1017/S0968045402000044.
  2. Viidalepp, J. (2011). "A morphological review of tribes in Larentiinae (Lepidoptera: Geometridae)". Zootaxa. 3136: 1–44. doi:10.11646/ZOOTAXA.3136.1.1.
  3. 1 2 "910271.00 – 7427 – Venusia obsoleta – (Swett, 1916)". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved March 9, 2019.