Nepheloleuca
Sign in to saveNepheloleuca, 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.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Nepheloleuca is referenced by 5 other articles, and connects out to Geometridae, Animalia and insect.
Vinony files it under Moth genera and Ourapterygini.
Its subject is documented across 8 Wikipedia language editions.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 20
- Family
- Geometridae
- Collections
- MNHN, MZLU, ANSP
- Recorded in
- Martinique, Colombie, éQuateur, PéRou, BréSil, Guatemala, Bolivie, Equateur
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Geometridae
- Image
- Nepheloleuca complicata.jpg
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- taxon name
- Nepheloleuca
- taxon rank
- genus
- Commons category
- Nepheloleuca
- topic's main category
- Category:Nepheloleuca
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Selected species
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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== Nepheloleuca absentimacula Warren, 1900 Nepheloleuca complicata (Guenee, 1858) Nepheloleuca floridata (Grote, 1883) Nepheloleuca peruviana Herbulot, 2002 Nepheloleuca politia (Cramer, 1777) Nepheloleuca semiplaga Warren, 1894
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