Xanthorhoe biriviata
| Balsam carpet | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Xanthorhoe |
| Species: | X. biriviata
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| Binomial name | |
| Xanthorhoe biriviata (Borkhausen, 1794)
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Xanthorhoe biriviata, the balsam carpet, is a moth of the genus Xanthorhoe in the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Moritz Balthasar Borkhausen in 1794. It is found "widespread in Europe and temperate Asia. In southern Europe the distribution is restricted only locally to the mountain(s)."[1]
Caterpillars in three different colour variants
References[]
- ^ "Xanthorhoe biriviata (Borkhausen, 1794)". Lepidoptera and Their Ecology. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
External links[]
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Xanthorhoe biriviata. |
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Wikispecies has information related to Xanthorhoe. |
- Kimber, Ian. "70.050 BF1721 Balsam Carpet Xanthorhoe biriviata (Borkhausen, 1794)". UKMoths. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
- Fauna Europaea
- Lepiforum e.V.
Categories:
- Xanthorhoe
- Moths of Asia
- Moths of Europe
- Taxa named by Moritz Balthasar Borkhausen
- Xanthorhoini stubs