Niceteria
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Tribe: | Nacophorini |
| Genus: | Niceteria Turner, 1929 |
| Species: | N. macrocosma
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| Niceteria macrocosma (Lower, 1899)
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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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