Neoalcis californiaria (Packard, 1871) is a animal in the Geometridae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Neoalcis californiaria (Packard, 1871)

Neoalcis californiaria (Packard, 1871)

Neoalcis californiaria, the brown-lined looper, is the only species of the monotypic geometrid moth genus Neoalcis, found on North America’s west coast.

Family
Genus
Neoalcis
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Neoalcis californiaria (Packard, 1871)

Neoalcis is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae, first erected by James Halliday McDunnough in 1920. The genus contains only one species: Neoalcis californiaria, commonly known as the brown-lined looper. This species was originally described by Packard in 1871. It is distributed along the west coast of North America, ranging from California to British Columbia. This moth has a wingspan of approximately 34 mm.

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Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Geometridae Neoalcis

More from Geometridae

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

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