Alcis (moth)

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Alcis
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Alcis repandata
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Subfamily: Ennominae
Tribe: Boarmiini
Genus: Alcis
Curtis, 1826
Synonyms
  • AlciscaWehrli, 1943
  • DictyodeaWehrli, 1934
  • PoecilalcisWarren, 1893

Alcis is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae described by John Curtis in 1826.

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