Neoalcis
Genus of moths
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Neoalcis is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae erected by James Halliday McDunnough in 1920. Its only species, Neoalcis californiaria, the brown-lined looper, was described by Packard in 1871.[1]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Tribe: | Boarmiini |
| Genus: | Neoalcis McDunnough, 1920 |
| Species: | N. californiaria |
| Binomial name | |
| Neoalcis californiaria (Packard, 1871) | |
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It is found along the west coast of North America, from California to British Columbia.
The wingspan is about 34 mm.
