Ascotis selenaria

Taxobox
name = Ascotis selenaria

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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
subphylum = Hexapoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Lepidoptera
unranked_familia = Macrolepidoptera
superfamilia = Geometroidea
familia = Geometridae
subfamilia = Ennominae
tribus = Boarmiini
genus = Ascotis
species = "A. margaritata"
binomial = "Ascotis selenaria"
binomial_authority = Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775

The Giant looper ("Ascotis selenaria") is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is distributed throughout Southern Europe, Central Europe, Eastern Europe, Africa, Anatolia form the Caucasus Mountains up to Altai Mountains, Korea and Japan.

The wingspan is 38-48 mm.

External links

* [http://www.lepbarcoding.org/species_images.php?campaign=geometridae&level=family,sub_family,species&type=,,Ascotis%20selenaria Giant looper at Lep Barcoding]