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Ascotis is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae erected by Jacob Hübner in 1825.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassInsecta
  4. OrderLepidoptera
  5. FamilyGeometridae

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
2
Family
Geometridae
Collections
YPM, MZLU
Recorded in
South Africa, Cameroon

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Geometridae
Image
Geometridae-Ascotis.terebraria.jpg
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taxon name
Ascotis
taxon rank
genus
topic's main category
Category:Ascotis
Commons category
Ascotis
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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents
  • Selected species
  • References

Ascotis is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae erected by Jacob Hübner in 1825.

==Selected species== Ascotis antelmaria (Mabille, 1893) Ascotis glaucotoxa (Prout, 1927) Ascotis fortunata (Blachier, 1887) Ascotis margarita Warren, 1894 Ascotis reciprocaria (Walker, 1860) Ascotis selenaria (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) – giant looper – type species Ascotis sordida Warren, 1894 Ascotis terebraria Guénée, 1862

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