''Pelurga'' is a genus of

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of ...

s in the family

Geometridae The geometer moths are moths belonging to the family Geometridae of the insect order Lepidoptera, the moths and butterflies. Their scientific name derives from the Ancient Greek ''geo'' γεω (derivative form of or "the earth"), and ''metr ...

erected by

Jacob Hübner Jacob Hübner (20 June 1761 – 13 September 1826, in Augsburg) was a German entomologist. He was the author of ''Sammlung Europäischer Schmetterlinge'' (1796–1805), a founding work of entomology. Scientific career Hübner was the author of '' ...

in 1825.

Species

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Pelurga comitata ''Pelurga comitata'', the dark spinach, is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found throughout the Palearctic, including Europe (except the South-west and the Arctic Region), Siberia, the Russian Far East and northern China The wingspan is ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) – dark spinach *''

Pelurga onoi ''Pelurga'' is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae erected by Jacob Hübner in 1825. Species *''Pelurga comitata ''Pelurga comitata'', the dark spinach, is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found throughout the Palearctic, includi ...

'' (Inoue, 1965) *''

Pelurga taczanowskiaria ''Pelurga'' is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae erected by Jacob Hübner in 1825. Species *''Pelurga comitata'' (Linnaeus, 1758) – dark spinach *''Pelurga onoi ''Pelurga'' is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae erected ...

'' (Oberthür, 1880)

References

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