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Nemoria rubrifrontaria
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Genus:	Nemoria
Species:	N. rubrifrontaria
Binomial name
Nemoria rubrifrontaria (Packard, 1873)

Nemoria rubrifrontaria, the red-fronted emerald, is a species of moth in the family Geometridae (geometrid moths), in the superfamily Geometroidea (geometrid and swallowtail moths). The species was described by Alpheus Spring Packard in 1873. It is found in North America.

The MONA or Hodges number for Nemoria rubrifrontaria is 7047.

The species has pink eggs. Larvae appear to mimic the leaves of sweet fern, and go through five instars.

References

1. "Nemoria rubrifrontaria Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-01-18.
2. ^ "Nemoria rubrifrontaria Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-01-18.
3. "Nemoria rubrifrontaria Species Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-01-18.
4. Pohl, G.R., Patterson, B., & Pelham, J.P. (2016). Taxonomic Checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico
5. "Nemoria rubrifrontaria, Red-fronted Emerald - Hodges#7047". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved 2018-01-18.
6. Wilson, Louis; Heaton, George (3 October 2017). "Notes on the Life cycle of Nemoria Rubrifrontaria (Lepidoptera: Geometridae)". The Great Lakes Entomologist. 7 (4). ISSN 0090-0222. Retrieved 2 January 2023.

Further reading

• Ross H. Arnett. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.
• Scoble, Malcolm J., ed. (1999). Geometrid Moths of the World: A Catalogue (Lepidoptera, Geometridae). 1016.

External links

• Butterflies and Moths of North America
• NCBI Taxonomy Browser, Nemoria rubrifrontaria

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