Biston (moth)
| Biston |
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| Oak Beauty, Biston strataria |
| Scientific classification |
| Kingdom: |
Animalia |
| Phylum: |
Arthropoda |
| Class: |
Insecta |
| Order: |
Lepidoptera |
| Family: |
Geometridae |
| Subfamily: |
Ennominae |
| Tribe: |
Bistonini |
| Genus: |
Biston
Leach, 1815 |
| Synonyms |
- Dasyphara Billberg, 1820
- Pachys Hübner, 1822
- Eubyja Hübner, 1825
- Amphidasis Treitschke, 1825
- Amphidasys Sodoffsky, 1837
- Amphidasea Unger, 1856
- Buzura Walker, 1863
- Culcula Moore, 1888
- Eubyjodonta Warren, 1893
- Blepharoctenia Warren, 1894
- Epamraica Matsumura, 1910
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Biston is a genus of large, long-winged moths belonging to the family Geometridae. It is most notable for containing the well-known Peppered Moth.
Distribution
The species of Biston are widely distributed in Holarctic, Oriental and Ethiopian regions.
Diversity
The genus currently contains 54 species and 40 subspecies.
Species
Species include:
- Biston achyra Wehrli, 1936
- Biston bengaliaria (Guenée, 1857)
- Biston betularius – Peppered Moth (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Biston brevipennata Inoue, 1982
- Biston bura (Warren, 1894)
- Biston contectaria (Walker, 1863)
- Biston exalbescens Inoue, 2000 (Philippines)
- Biston falcata (Warren, 1893)
- Biston giganteus Inoue
- Biston hypoleucus Kuznetsov, 1901
- Biston inouei Holloway, 1993
- Biston insularis (Warren, 1894)
- Biston marginata Shiraki, 1913
- Biston mediolata Jiang, Nan, Dayong Xue & Hongxiang Han, 2011
- Biston melacron Wehrli, 1941
- Biston multidentata (Guedet, 1941)
- Biston panterinaria (Bremer & Grey, 1853)
- Biston pelidna Prout
- Biston perclara (Warren, 1899)
- Biston pustulata (Warren, 1896)
- Biston quercii (Oberthür, 1910)
- Biston regalis (Moore, 1888)
- Biston robustum Butler, 1879
- Biston strataria – Oak Beauty (Hufnagel, 1767)
- Biston subregalis Inoue
- Biston suppressaria (Guenée, 1857)
- Biston thibetaria (Oberthür, 1886)
- Biston thoracicarius (Oberthür, 1884)
- Biston tianschanicus Wehrli, 1940
References