Genus Biston

Classification · Numbers · Size · Range · Internet References

Pepper and Salt Geometer - Biston betularia - male

Pepper and Salt Geometer - Biston betularia

Pepper & Salt Geometer - Biston betularia - male

Pepper & Salt Geometer - Biston betularia

Marathon Inn -moth #1 - Biston betularia

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

No Taxon (Moths)

Superfamily Geometroidea

Family Geometridae (Geometrid Moths)

Subfamily Ennominae

Tribe Bistonini

Genus Biston

Numbers

2 species in North America (nearctica.com)

1 species in Canada (CBIF)

Size

wingspan up to 48 mm

Range

holarctic: represented coast-to-coast in North America and Eurasia

Internet References

pinned adult images of B. betularia (CBIF)

pinned adult image of B. multidentata (Bruce Walsh, U. of Arizona)

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 3 June, 2005 - 9:05pm

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