Nemoria rubrifrontaria | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Geometridae |
Genus: | Nemoria |
Species: | N. rubrifrontaria
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Binomial name | |
Nemoria rubrifrontaria (Packard, 1873)
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Nemoria rubrifrontaria, the red-fronted emerald, is a species of moth in the family Geometridae (geometrid moths), in the superfamily Geometroidea (geometrid and swallowtail moths).[1][2] The species was described by Alpheus Spring Packard in 1873.[3] It is found in North America.[2]
The MONA or Hodges number for Nemoria rubrifrontaria is 7047.[4][5]
The species has pink eggs. Larvae appear to mimic the leaves of sweet fern, and go through five instars.[6]