Archiearis infans (Möschler, 1862) is a animal in the Geometridae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Archiearis infans (Möschler, 1862)

Archiearis infans (Möschler, 1862)

Archiearis infans, the infant, is a Geometridae moth described in 1862, found across much of northern North America.

Family
Genus
Archiearis
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Archiearis infans (Möschler, 1862)

Archiearis infans, commonly known as the infant, is a moth species belonging to the family Geometridae. Heinrich Benno Möschler first described this species in 1862. Its range extends from Alaska to Newfoundland and across the northern United States; in the eastern part of its range, it reaches south to New Jersey, and in the western part, it extends south to California.

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Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Geometridae Archiearis

More from Geometridae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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