Pasiphila excisa

Pasiphila excisa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Geometridae
Genus:Pasiphila
Species: P. excisa
Binomial name
Pasiphila excisa
(Butler, 1878)[1]
Synonyms
  • Eupithecia excisa Butler, 1878
  • Chloroclystis excisa
  • Eupithecia macrocheila Staudinger, 1897

Pasiphila excisa is a moth in the family Geometridae. It was described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1878. It is found in Russia, Japan[2] and Korea.[3]

The larvae feed on the flowers of Rhododendron species and Eurya japonica.

References

  1. ↑ "Home of Ichneumonoidea". Taxapad. Dicky Sick Ki Yu. 1997–2012. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
  2. ↑ Japanese Moths
  3. ↑ Sei-Woong Choi (March 2002). "Two New Larentiinae Species (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) from Korea". 32 (1): 57–60. doi:10.1111/j.1748-5967.2002.tb00010.x.


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