Nasusina minuta

Nasusina minuta
Scientific classification
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;

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]

The wingspan is about 14–16 mm. The wings are light gray with a slight ocherous tinge. The maculation (spotting) of the forewings is obscure, but in well-marked specimens the median area is shaded with smoky and forms an oblique band across the wing. The discal dot is quite minute. The hindwings are largely dull whitish with smoky shading along the inner margin. Adults have been recorded on wing from March to June and in August and in November.

References

Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Nasusina minuta (Hulst 1896)". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 25, 2016.
"910450.00 – 7609 – Nasusina minuta – (Hulst, 1896)". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved March 9, 2019.
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.

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[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.