Plesiomorpha punctilinearia

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Plesiomorpha punctilinearia
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Plesiomorpha
Species:
P. punctilinearia
Binomial name
Plesiomorpha punctilinearia
(Leech, 1891)

Plesiomorpha punctilinearia is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by John Henry Leech in 1891. [1] It is found in Japan and the Ryukyu Islands.

The wingspan is 26–27 mm.

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References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Plesiomorpha punctilinearia". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved February 3, 2019.