Aleucis is a monotypic genus of moths in the family Geometridae. It contains only a single species, Aleucis distinctata (Herrich-Schäffer, [1839]),[1] the sloe carpet.[2]
Aleucis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Geometridae |
Tribe: | Baptini |
Genus: | Aleucis Guenée, 1844[1] |
Former species
edit- Aleucis orientalis (Staudinger, 1892), now Lomographa orientalis.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b Scoble, Malcolm J. (20 March 2023). Geometrid Moths of the World: A Catalogue: Volume 1. BRILL. p. 22. ISBN 978-90-04-54200-6. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
- ^ "Sloe Carpet". www.ukmoths.org.uk. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
- ^ "Lomographa orientalis (Staudinger, 1892)". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 1 June 2024.