Nemoria saturiba is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Alexander Douglas Campbell Ferguson in 1969. It is found from Florida to North Carolina and in South Carolina, Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and eastern Texas. In the north, it is found at least up to Maryland.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Nemoria |
| Species: | N. saturiba
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| Binomial name | |
| Nemoria saturiba Ferguson, 1969
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The wingspan is about 20 mm.
The larvae feed on Liquidambar styraciflua.
References
editExternal links
edit- Boone, Mike (March 10, 2013). "Species Nemoria saturiba - Hodges#7034". BugGuide. Retrieved April 18, 2019.
- "910614.00 – 7034 – Nemoria saturiba – Ferguson, 1969". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved April 18, 2019.
- "Nemoria saturiba". Moths of Maryland.
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