Emmiltis
Sign in to saveEmmiltis is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae. Its only species is Emmiltis pygmaearia. Both the genus and species were first described by Jacob Hübner, the genus in 1825 and the species in 1809.
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderLepidoptera
- FamilyGeometridae
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- Etymology
- Distribution and habitat
- Description
- Biology
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Emmiltis is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae. Its only species is Emmiltis pygmaearia. Both the genus and species were first described by Jacob Hübner, the genus in 1825 and the species in 1809.
==Etymology== The species name pygmaearia comes from the Latin pygmaeus meaning dwarf, because it is one of the smallest species.