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Drymoea veliterna

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Drymoea veliterna
On display at the Civico Museo di Storia Naturale di Trieste
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Geometroidea
Family: Geometridae
Subfamily: Ennominae
Genus: Drymoea
Species:
D. veliterna
Binomial name
Drymoea veliterna
(H. Druce, 1885)
Synonyms
  • Nelo veliterna H. Druce, 1885
  • Melanoptilon veliterna[1]
  • Nelo racilia H. Druce, 1899

Drymoea veliterna is a species of moth in the family Geometridae first described by Herbert Druce in 1885. This species can be found in Bolivia.

References

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  1. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Melanoptilon veliterna​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 20, 2018.