Nasusina minuta is a moth in the family Geometridae first described by George Duryea Hulst in 1896. It is found in the United States in the desert regions of southern California, western Arizona and Nevada.[3]

Nasusina minuta
Specimen from the Mojave Desert
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Nasusina
Species:
N. minuta
Binomial name
Nasusina minuta
(Hulst, 1896)[1][2]
Synonyms
  • Gymnoscelis minuta Hulst, 1896

The wingspan is about 14–16 mm. Adults have been recorded on wing from March to June and in August and in November.

References edit

  1. ^ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Nasusina minuta (Hulst 1896)". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 25, 2016.
  2. ^ "910450.00 – 7609 – Nasusina minuta – (Hulst, 1896)". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved March 9, 2019.
  3. ^ McDunnough, James H. (1949). "Revision of the North American species of the genus Eupithecia (Lepidoptera, Geometridae)" (PDF). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 93: 533–728.