Eutrapela
Appearance
Curve-toothed geometer moth | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Geometridae |
Genus: | Eutrapela Hübner, 1809 |
Species: | E. clemataria
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Binomial name | |
Eutrapela clemataria (J. E. Smith, 1797)
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Synonyms | |
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Eutrapela is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae. It contains only one species, Eutrapela clemataria, the curve-toothed geometer moth or purplish-brown looper, which is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Nova Scotia to Florida, west to Texas and north to Saskatchewan.[1] The habitat consists of deciduous and mixed woodlands.
The wingspan is 38–56 mm.
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