Biston mediolata

Biston mediolata
	Male, upperside and underside
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Genus:	Biston
Species:	B. mediolata
Binomial name
	Biston mediolata; Jiang, Nan, Dayong Xue & Hongxiang Han, 2011

Biston mediolata is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in China (Shaanxi, Gansu, Hubei, Hunan, Fujian, Hainan, Guangxi, Sichuan) and Vietnam.^[1]

Female, upperside and underside

Etymology[]

The specific name is from the Latin prefix medio and the word latus, which means medially and broad, referring to the shape of the valva.

References[]

^ ^a ^b A review of Biston Leach, 1815 (Lepidoptera, Geometridae, Ennominae) from China, with description of one new species

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[zootaxa-1] A review of Biston Leach, 1815 (Lepidoptera, Geometridae, Ennominae) from China, with description of one new species

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