Nepytia semiclusaria

Nepytia semiclusaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Tribe: Ourapterygini
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. It is found from North Carolina to Florida, then west along the Gulf Coast

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

The larvae feed on Pinus species.


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