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(Redirected from Eutrapela clemataria) Genus of moths

Curve-toothed geometer moth
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Eutrapela
Hübner, 1809
Species: E. clemataria
Binomial name
Eutrapela clemataria
(J. E. Smith, 1797)
Synonyms
  • Syndalimia Hübner, 1821
  • Abbottana Hulst, 1896
  • Phalaena clemataria Smith, 1797
  • Choerodes transducens Walker, 1860
  • Choerodes transferens Walker, 1860
  • Choerodes transfingens Walker, 1860

Eutrapela is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae. It contains only one species, Eutrapela clemataria, the curve-toothed geometer moth or purplish-brown looper, which is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Nova Scotia to Florida, west to Texas and north to Saskatchewan. The habitat consists of deciduous and mixed woodlands.

The wingspan is 38–56 mm.

References

  1. mothphotographersgroup

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Taxon identifiers
Eutrapela


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