Nepytia phantasmaria (Strecker, 1899) is a animal in the Geometridae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Nepytia phantasmaria (Strecker, 1899)

Nepytia phantasmaria (Strecker, 1899)

The phantom hemlock looper (Nepytia phantasmaria) is a North American geometrid moth described by Herman Strecker in 1899.

Family
Genus
Nepytia
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Nepytia phantasmaria (Strecker, 1899)

Nepytia phantasmaria, commonly known as the phantom hemlock looper, is a species of geometrid moth belonging to the family Geometridae. This species was first described by Herman Strecker in 1899, and it is native to and found in North America. The MONA, also called Hodges, reference number assigned to Nepytia phantasmaria is 6907.

Photo: (c) Jim Johnson, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), uploaded by Jim Johnson · cc-by-nc-nd

Taxonomy

Animalia › Arthropoda › Insecta › Lepidoptera › Geometridae › Nepytia

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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