moth
Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...
s in the family
Geometridae
The geometer moths are moth
Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyleti ...
Johannes von Nepomuk Franz Xaver Gistel
Johannes von Nepomuk Franz Xaver Gistel istl(11 August 1809 – 9 March 1873) was a German naturalist. He worked at the Museum of Natural History in Regensburg, and wrote on a range of topics under the pseudonyms Garduus and G. Tilesius (an ...
in 1848.
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Apeira crenularia
''Apeira'' is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae first described by Johannes von Nepomuk Franz Xaver Gistel in 1848.
Species
* '' Apeira crenularia'' (Leech, 1897)
* '' Apeira ectocausta'' (Wehrli, 1935)
* '' Apeira latimarginaria'' (Le ...
'' (Leech, 1897)
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Apeira ectocausta
''Apeira'' is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae first described by Johannes von Nepomuk Franz Xaver Gistel in 1848.
Species
* ''Apeira crenularia'' (Leech, 1897)
* '' Apeira ectocausta'' (Wehrli, 1935)
* '' Apeira latimarginaria'' (Lee ...
'' (Wehrli, 1935)
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Apeira latimarginaria
''Apeira'' is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae first described by Johannes von Nepomuk Franz Xaver Gistel in 1848.
Species
* ''Apeira crenularia'' (Leech, 1897)
* ''Apeira ectocausta'' (Wehrli, 1935)
* '' Apeira latimarginaria'' (Leec ...
'' (Leech, 1897)
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Apeira marmorataria
''Apeira'' is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae first described by Johannes von Nepomuk Franz Xaver Gistel in 1848.
Species
* ''Apeira crenularia'' (Leech, 1897)
* ''Apeira ectocausta'' (Wehrli, 1935)
* ''Apeira latimarginaria'' (Leech ...
'' (Leech, 1897)
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Apeira olivaria
''Apeira'' is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae Species description, first described by Johannes von Nepomuk Franz Xaver Gistel in 1848.
Species
* ''Apeira crenularia'' (Leech, 1897)
* ''Apeira ectocausta'' (Wehrli, 1935)
* ''Apeira lat ...
'' (Leech, 1897)
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Apeira productaria
''Apeira'' is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae first described by Johannes von Nepomuk Franz Xaver Gistel in 1848.
Species
* ''Apeira crenularia'' (Leech, 1897)
* ''Apeira ectocausta'' (Wehrli, 1935)
* ''Apeira latimarginaria'' (Leech ...
'' (Leech, 1897)
* ''
Apeira syringaria
''Apeira syringaria'', the lilac beauty, is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found throughout Europe and east across the Palearctic to the Russian Far East
and Japan.
The wingspan is 38–42 mm. The length of the forewings is 19–22 ...
'' (Linnaeus, 1758) – lilac beauty
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Apeira versicolor
''Apeira'' is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae first described by Johannes von Nepomuk Franz Xaver Gistel in 1848.
Species
* ''Apeira crenularia'' (Leech, 1897)
* ''Apeira ectocausta'' (Wehrli, 1935)
* ''Apeira latimarginaria'' (Leech ...