Xanthorhoe biriviata (Borkhausen, 1794) is a animal in the Geometridae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Xanthorhoe biriviata (Borkhausen, 1794)

Xanthorhoe biriviata (Borkhausen, 1794)

Xanthorhoe biriviata, the balsam carpet, is a geometrid moth widespread across Europe and temperate Asia.

Family
Genus
Xanthorhoe
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Xanthorhoe biriviata (Borkhausen, 1794)

Xanthorhoe biriviata, commonly known as the balsam carpet, is a moth species belonging to the genus Xanthorhoe within the family Geometridae. This species was first formally described by Moritz Balthasar Borkhausen in 1794. It is widespread across Europe and temperate Asia; in southern Europe, its distribution is restricted only to local mountain areas.

Photo: (c) Philip Mark Osso, nekatere pravice pridžane (CC BY-NC), naložena od Philip Mark Osso · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Geometridae Xanthorhoe

More from Geometridae

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

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