Plataea (moth)

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Plataea
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Plataea trilinearia
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Tribe: Ourapterygini
Genus: Plataea
Herrich-Schäffer, 1855
Synonyms [1]
  • GorytodesGuenée, 1857
  • ApicrenaPearsall, 1911

Plataea is a genus of geometrid moths in the family Geometridae. There are about 11 described species in Plataea. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

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Species

These 11 species belong to the genus Plataea:

Data sources: i = ITIS, [2] c = Catalogue of Life, [3] g = GBIF, [4] b = Bugguide.net [5]

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References

  1. ↑ Savela, Markku. "Plataea Herrich-Schäffer, 1855". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved April 8, 2019.
  2. 1 2 "Plataea Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-10.
  3. 1 2 "Browse Plataea". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-10.
  4. 1 2 "Plataea". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-10.
  5. 1 2 "Plataea Genus Information". BugGuide. Retrieved 2018-04-10.
  6. ↑ "Plataea Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-10.

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