Microloxia herbaria (Hübner, 1813) is a animal in the Geometridae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Microloxia herbaria (Hübner, 1813)

Microloxia herbaria (Hübner, 1813)

The herb emerald (Microloxia herbaria) is a widespread geometrid moth first described by Jacob Hübner in 1808, found from the Mediterranean to the Russian Far East and southern Asia.

Family
Genus
Microloxia
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Microloxia herbaria (Hübner, 1813)

Microloxia herbaria, commonly known as the herb emerald, is a moth species belonging to the family Geometridae. This species was first described by Jacob Hübner in 1808, and its scientific name currently references Hübner 1813. It is a widespread species, with a distribution that extends across the Mediterranean region, southern Europe, and central Asia, reaching into southern Asia (including India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka) and continuing to the Russian Far East.

Photo: (c) Paolo Mazzei, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Paolo Mazzei · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Geometridae Microloxia

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

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