Eugonobapta nivosaria (Guenée, 1857) is a animal in the Geometridae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Eugonobapta nivosaria (Guenée, 1857)

Eugonobapta nivosaria (Guenée, 1857)

Eugonobapta nivosaria, the snowy geometer, is the only species in the monotypic moth genus Eugonobapta found in North America.

Family
Genus
Eugonobapta
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Eugonobapta nivosaria (Guenée, 1857)

Eugonobapta is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae, which was first described by Warren in 1894. The genus contains only one species: Eugonobapta nivosaria, commonly called the snowy geometer. This species was first described by Achille Guenée in 1857. It is distributed in North America, ranging from Manitoba to New Brunswick, and extending south to North Carolina and Tennessee. The wingspan of adults measures between 21 and 33 mm. Adults are active from April or May to July or August, and the exact timing of the flight period depends on the location. This species has two generations per year.

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Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Geometridae Eugonobapta

More from Geometridae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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