''Nearcha'' is a
genus
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of
moth
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s in the
family
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Geometridae
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described by Edward Guest in 1887. All species in the genus are known from
Australia
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.
Species
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Nearcha ursaria''
(Guenée, 1857)
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Nearcha benecristata''
Warren, 1895
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Nearcha dasyzona''
(Lower, 1903)
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Nearcha tristificata''
(Walker, 1861)
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Nearcha buffalaria''
(Guenée, 1857)
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Nearcha aridaria''
(Walker, 1866)
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Nearcha staurotis''
Meyrick, 1890
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Nearcha pseudophaes''
Lower, 1893
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Nearcha caronia''
Swinhoe, 1902
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Nearcha ophla''
Swinhoe, 1902
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Nearcha nullata''
(Guenée, 1857)
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Nearcha atyla''
Meyrick, 1890
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Nearcha curtaria
''Nearcha'' is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae described by Edward Guest in 1887. All species in the genus are known from Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the m ...
''
(Guenée, 1857)
References
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Oenochrominae
{{Oenochrominae-stub