Niceteria

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Niceteria
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Tribe: Nacophorini
Genus: Niceteria
Turner, 1929
Species:
N. macrocosma
Binomial name
Niceteria macrocosma
(Lower, 1899)
Synonyms
  • Satraparchis macrocosma Lower, 1899[1]

Niceteria is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae erected by Alfred Jefferis Turner in 1929. Its only species, Niceteria macrocosma, the showy geometrid, is found in Australia. It was first described by Oswald Bertram Lower in 1899.[1][2]

The wingspan is about 40 mm.

The larvae feed on Myrtaceae species, including Angophora costata.[3]

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