Nepheloleuca complicata

For the other similarly named moths, see Swallow-tailed moth and Lyssa zampa.

Nepheloleuca complicata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Nepheloleuca
Species:
N. complicata
Binomial name
Nepheloleuca complicata
(Guenee, 1858)
Synonyms
  • Ourapteryx complicata Guenee, 1858
  • Nepheloleuca acuta Warren, 1897

Nepheloleuca complicata, the swallow-tailed moth, is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in Cuba, Jamaica and Haiti and from Panama to Peru.[1] The habitat consists of lowland rainforests and mid-elevation cloudforests up to altitudes of about 1,800 metres.

References

  1. ^ Moths of the Amazon and Andes

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