Megabiston plumosaria (Leech, 1891) is a animal in the Geometridae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Megabiston plumosaria (Leech, 1891)

Megabiston plumosaria (Leech, 1891)

Megabiston is a monotypic moth genus of Geometridae, whose only species Megabiston plumosaria is found in Japan.

Family
Genus
Megabiston
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Megabiston plumosaria (Leech, 1891)

Megabiston is a monotypic moth genus (meaning it contains only one species) in the family Geometridae, first described by Warren in 1894. The single species belonging to this genus is Megabiston plumosaria, which was originally described by John Henry Leech in 1891. This species occurs in Japan.

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Taxonomy

Animalia › Arthropoda › Insecta › Lepidoptera › Geometridae › Megabiston

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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