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Eutrapela
Sign in to saveEutrapela is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae. It contains only one species, Eutrapela clemataria, the curve-toothed geometer moth or purplish-brown looper, which is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Nova Scotia to Florida, west to Texas and north to Saskatchewan. The habitat consists of deciduous and mixed woodlands.
Species
Curved-toothed Geometer Moth
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderLepidoptera
- FamilyGeometridae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 179
- Family
- Tenebrionidae
- Collections
- SAM
- Recorded in
- South Africa
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- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Geometridae
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- Eutrapela clemataria - Curve-toothed Geometer Moth (14836295937).jpg
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Eutrapela is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae. It contains only one species, Eutrapela clemataria, the curve-toothed geometer moth or purplish-brown looper, which is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Nova Scotia to Florida, west to Texas and north to Saskatchewan. The habitat consists of deciduous and mixed woodlands.
The wingspan is 38–56 mm.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Eutrapela” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.