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Nemoria pistacearia (Packard, 1876). [7027]
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| Nemoria pistacearia,
collection of Carnegie Museum of Natural History (CMNH). Specimen collected
28-May-1911, San Diego Co, CA. |
Nemoria pistacearia, collection
of Rutgers University. |
| Known from the Pacific coast counties of
California, Nemoria pistacearia is a distinctive west coast
species. The bright green wings are broadly striated with white. The
wings often lack distinct am and pm lines. When present, the pm line may
be weak and broken, and the am line lacking. The wing fringes are cream
to pinkish and the abdomen is green and unmarked on the dorsal surface.
The species name is frequently misspelled, in part, perhaps, because of
its similarity in pronunciation to that of Hethemia pistasciaria,
another North American Geometrine. |
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