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Nemoria
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Subfamily:	Geometrinae
Tribe:	Nemoriini
Genus:	Nemoria Hübner, 1818
Species
133 species
Synonyms
Leptographa Hübner, Racheospila Guenée, 1857 Aplodes Guenée, 1857 Hipparchiscus Walsh, 1864 Eunemoria Packard, 1873 Anaplodes Packard, 1876 Annemoria Packard, 1876 Blechroma Möschler, 1882 Miantonota Warren, 1895 Dryadopsis Warren, 1897 Miantonota Warren, 1901

Nemoria is a genus of emerald moths in the family Geometridae. It was named by Jacob Hübner in 1818.

Description

Palpi porrect (extending forward). Forewings with veins 7, 8, 9 and 10 stalked and veins 6 and 11 often being stalked with them. Vein 11 anastomosing (fusing) with vein 12, and then with vein 10. Hindwings with rounded outer margin. Veins 3, 4 and 6, 7 stalked. Frenulum present.

Species

Species include:

• Nemoria aemularia Barnes & McDunnough, 1918
• Nemoria albaria (Grote, 1883)
• Nemoria albilineata Cassino, 1927
• Nemoria arizonaria (Grote, 1883)
• Nemoria bifilata (Walker, ) – white-barred emerald
• Nemoria bistriaria Hübner, 1818 – red-fringed emerald
• Nemoria caerulescens Prout, 1912
• Nemoria catachloa (Hulst, 1898)
• Nemoria daedalea Ferguson, 1969
• Nemoria darwiniata (Dyar, 1904) – Columbian emerald
• Nemoria diamesa Ferguson, 1969
• Nemoria elfa Ferguson, 1969 – cypress emerald
• Nemoria extremaria (Walker, 1861)
• Nemoria festaria (Hulst, 1886)
• Nemoria glaucomarginaria (Barnes & McDunnough, 1917)
• Nemoria intensaria (Pearsall, 1911)
• Nemoria latirosaria (Pearsall, 1906)
• Nemoria leptalea Ferguson, 1969
• Nemoria lixaria (Guenée, ) – red-bordered emerald
• Nemoria mimosaria (Guenée, ) – white-fringed emerald
• Nemoria mutaticolor Prout, 1912
• Nemoria obliqua (Hulst, 1898)
• Nemoria outina Ferguson, 1969
• Nemoria pistaciaria (Packard, 1876)
• Nemoria pulcherrima (Barnes & McDunnough, 1916)
• Nemoria rindgei Ferguson, 1969
• Nemoria rubrifrontaria (Packard, 1873) – red-fronted emerald
• Nemoria saturiba Ferguson, 1969
• Nemoria splendidaria (Grossbeck, 1910)
• Nemoria strigataria (Grossbeck, 1910)
• Nemoria subsequens Ferguson, 1969
• Nemoria tuscarora Ferguson, 1969
• Nemoria unitaria (Packard, 1873) – single-lined emerald
• Nemoria viridicaria (Hulst, 1880)
• Nemoria zelotes Ferguson, 1969
• Nemoria zygotaria (Hulst, 1886)

References

1. Savela, Markku. "Nemoria Hübner, 1818". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved April 19, 2019.
2. Hampson, G. F. (1895). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume III. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

• Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Nemoria Hübner, 1818". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved August 1, 2018.

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