Protoboarmia porcelaria (Guenée, 1857) is a animal in the Geometridae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Protoboarmia porcelaria (Guenée, 1857)

Protoboarmia porcelaria (Guenée, 1857)

Protoboarmia porcelaria, the porcelain gray or dash-lined looper, is a geometrid moth found across most of North America.

Family
Genus
Protoboarmia
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Protoboarmia porcelaria (Guenée, 1857)

Protoboarmia porcelaria, commonly known as the porcelain gray or dash-lined looper, is a moth species belonging to the Geometrid family. This species is distributed across most of North America, with the exception of the region's far northern areas. It was first formally described by Achille Guenée in 1857, and its scientific name is Protoboarmia porcelaria (Guenée, 1857).

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Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Geometridae Protoboarmia

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

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