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Melanthia
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Melanthia

Melanthia is a genus of moth in the family Geometridae.

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9 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Pretty Chalk Carpet

speciesMelanthia procellata

Melanthia ustiplaga

speciesMelanthia ustiplaga

Melanthia catenaria

speciesMelanthia catenaria

Bordered Chalk Carpet

speciesMelanthia alaudaria

Melanthia mandshuricata

speciesMelanthia mandshuricata

Melanthia postalbaria

speciesMelanthia postalbaria

Melanthia exserens

speciesMelanthia exserens

Melanthia exquisita

speciesMelanthia exquisita

Melanthia dentistrigata

speciesMelanthia dentistrigata

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Where it lives

Recorded sightings

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 472071.