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Nepheloleuca

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Geometridae

Rank
  
Genus

Class
  
Insecta

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Butterflies and moths

Similar
  
Butterflies and moths, Patalene, Phrygionis, Prochoerodes, Eusarca

Nepheloleuca, is a genus of moth in the family Geometridae. 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
  • References

    Nepheloleuca Wikipedia