Genus of moths
Nemoria
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Geometridae
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]
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 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) Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Nemoria Hübner, 1818" . Butterflies and Moths of the World . Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved August 1, 2018 .