Abraxas pantaria

Short description: Species of moth

Abraxas pantaria

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Lepidoptera
Family:  | Geometridae
Genus:  | Abraxas
Species:  |

A. pantaria

Binomial name
Abraxas pantaria

(Linnaeus, 1767)[1]

Synonyms

* Phalaena pantaria Linnaeus, 1767

Abraxas pantaria, the light magpie or spotted ash looper is a species of moth belonging to the family Geometridae. It was described by Carl Linnaeus in 1767.[2] It is found in the Mediterranean and is common in Portugal and Spain. It is also known from the United Kingdom, Ireland, Croatia, Armenia and Georgia south-eastern Russia and Turkey.[3]

The wingspan is 38–42 mm for females and 35–40 mm for males.

## References

1. ↑ "Fauna Europaea". http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=445512. Retrieved 2017-03-08.
2. ↑ Savela, Markku. "Abraxas pantaria (Linnaeus, 1767)". http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/geometroidea/geometridae/ennominae/abraxas/#pantaria. Retrieved February 1, 2019.
3. ↑ "Spotted ash looper, Abraxas pantaria (L.) (Lepidoptera: Geometridae), a new ash pest in Turkey" (PDF). http://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/zoology/issues/zoo-10-34-3/zoo-34-3-9-0902-27.pdf. Retrieved 2011-12-16.

## External links

* Light Magpie at UKMoths
* Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa
* Lepiforum e.V.

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