Ectropis distinctaria is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in Mauritius.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Ectropis |
| Species: | E. distinctaria
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| Binomial name | |
| Ectropis distinctaria (de Joannis, 1915)[1]
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The wingspan is about 33 mm.[2]
This species is close to Ectropis herbuloti Orhant, 2003, which had been confused with E.distinctaria until 2003[3]
References
edit- ^ afromoths.net
- ^ de Joannis, J. 1915. Lépidoptères Hétérocères des Mascareignes et des Seychelles (Mission de M. P. Carié. 1910–1913). - Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 84:1–18; pl. 1.
- ^ Matiré&Rochat, 2008, Les Papillons de la Réunion - page 326 - ISBN BIOTOPE 978-2-914817-07-3
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