Abraxas pantaria

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

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1. ^ "Fauna Europaea". Fauna Europaea. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2017-03-08.
2. ^ Savela, Markku. "Abraxas pantaria (Linnaeus, 1767)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved February 1, 2019.
3. ^ "Spotted ash looper, Abraxas pantaria (L.) (Lepidoptera: Geometridae), a new ash pest in Turkey" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-12. Retrieved 2011-12-16.

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Abraxas pantaria.

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

Taxon identifiers

Abraxas pantaria|

* Wikidata: Q310168
* BioLib: 51856
* BOLD: 195508
* CoL: 63ZW5
* EoL: 303224
* EPPO: ABRXPA
* EUNIS: 308369
* Fauna Europaea: 445512
* Fauna Europaea (new): c8b8f50e-702f-4f61-9ed8-b6470f00483a
* GBIF: 1967803
* iNaturalist: 483568
* Insecta.pro: 5002
* IRMNG: 10298116
* LepIndex: 229126
* MaBENA: CalosPanta
* NBN: NBNSYS0000005977
* NCBI: 1869390
* Observation.org: 133539
* Open Tree of Life: 3074123

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