false hemlock looper

Nepytia canosaria

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae

Nepytia canosaria, the false hemlock looper, is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Francis Walker in 1863. It is found from southwest British Columbia east to Nova Scotia and Newfoundland, south through New England.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

Canada · 958United States of America · 616

Sources and credits

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