Nemoria

Nemoria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Genus:	Nemoria; Hübner, 1818
Species
	133 species
Synonyms
	Leptographa Hübner, [1823]; Racheospila Guenée, 1857; Aplodes Guenée, 1857; Hipparchiscus Walsh, 1864; Eunemoria Packard, 1873; Anaplodes Packard, 1876; Annemoria Packard, 1876; Blechroma Möschler, 1882; Miantonota Warren, 1895; Dryadopsis Warren, 1897; Miantonota Warren, 1901;

Nemoria is a genus of emerald moths in the family Geometridae. It was named by Jacob Hübner in 1818.[1]

Description

Palpi porrect (extending forward). Forewings with veins 7, 8, 9 and 10 stalked and veins 6 and 11 often being stalked with them. Vein 11 anastomosing (fusing) with vein 12, and then with vein 10. Hindwings with rounded outer margin. Veins 3, 4 and 6, 7 stalked. Frenulum present.[2]

Species

Species include:

Nemoria aemularia Barnes & McDunnough, 1918
Nemoria albaria (Grote, 1883)
Nemoria albilineata Cassino, 1927
Nemoria arizonaria (Grote, 1883)
Nemoria bifilata (Walker, [1863]) – white-barred emerald
Nemoria bistriaria Hübner, 1818 – red-fringed emerald
Nemoria caerulescens Prout, 1912
Nemoria catachloa (Hulst, 1898)
Nemoria daedalea Ferguson, 1969
Nemoria darwiniata (Dyar, 1904) – Columbian emerald
Nemoria diamesa Ferguson, 1969
Nemoria elfa Ferguson, 1969 – cypress emerald
Nemoria extremaria (Walker, 1861)
Nemoria festaria (Hulst, 1886)
Nemoria glaucomarginaria (Barnes & McDunnough, 1917)
Nemoria intensaria (Pearsall, 1911)
Nemoria latirosaria (Pearsall, 1906)
Nemoria leptalea Ferguson, 1969
Nemoria lixaria (Guenée, [1858]) – red-bordered emerald
Nemoria mimosaria (Guenée, [1858]) – white-fringed emerald
Nemoria mutaticolor Prout, 1912
Nemoria obliqua (Hulst, 1898)
Nemoria outina Ferguson, 1969
Nemoria pistaciaria (Packard, 1876)
Nemoria pulcherrima (Barnes & McDunnough, 1916)
Nemoria rindgei Ferguson, 1969
Nemoria rubrifrontaria (Packard, 1873) – red-fronted emerald
Nemoria saturiba Ferguson, 1969
Nemoria splendidaria (Grossbeck, 1910)
Nemoria strigataria (Grossbeck, 1910)
Nemoria subsequens Ferguson, 1969
Nemoria tuscarora Ferguson, 1969
Nemoria unitaria (Packard, 1873) – single-lined emerald
Nemoria viridicaria (Hulst, 1880)
Nemoria zelotes Ferguson, 1969
Nemoria zygotaria (Hulst, 1886)

References

Savela, Markku. "Nemoria Hübner, 1818". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved April 19, 2019.
Hampson, G. F. (1895). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume III. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Nemoria Hübner, 1818". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved August 1, 2018.

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[1] Savela, Markku. "Nemoria Hübner, 1818". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved April 19, 2019.

[2] Hampson, G. F. (1895). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume III. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.