Nemoria

Nemoria
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Subfamily:	Geometrinae
Tribe:	Nemoriini
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.

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