Minoa (moth)

	Minoa (moth) ''Minoa'' is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae. The genus was described by Treitschke in 1825. Species * ''Minoa euthecta'' (Turner, 1904) * ''Minoa murinata'' (Scopoli, 1763) – drab looper References External links * Asthenini {{Asthenini-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of which have yet to be described. Most species of moth are nocturnal, but there are also crepuscular and diurnal species. Differences between butterflies and moths While the butterflies form a monophyletic group, the moths, comprising the rest of the Lepidoptera, do not. Many attempts have been made to group the superfamilies of the Lepidoptera into natural groups, most of which fail because one of the two groups is not monophyletic: Microlepidoptera and Macrolepidoptera, Heterocera and Rhopalocera, Jugatae and Frenatae, Monotrysia and Ditrysia.Scoble, MJ 1995. The Lepidoptera: Form, function and diversity. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press; 404 p. Although the rules for distinguishing moths from butterflies are not well establishe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Geometridae The geometer moths are moths belonging to the family Geometridae of the insect order Lepidoptera, the moths and butterflies. Their scientific name derives from the Ancient Greek ''geo'' γεω (derivative form of or "the earth"), and ''metron'' "measure" in reference to the way their larvae, or inchworms, appear to measure the earth as they move along in a looping fashion. A very large family, it has around 23,000 species of moths described, and over 1400 species from six subfamilies indigenous to North America alone. A well-known member is the peppered moth, ''Biston betularia'', which has been subject of numerous studies in population genetics. Several other geometer moths are notorious pests. Adults Many geometrids have slender abdomens and broad wings which are usually held flat with the hindwings visible. As such, they appear rather butterfly-like, but in most respects they are typical moths; the majority fly at night, they possess a frenulum to link the wings, and th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Minoa Euthecta ''Minoa euthecta'' is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma .... References Moths described in 1904 Asthenini Moths of Australia {{Asthenini-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Minoa Murinata ''Minoa murinata'', the drab looper, is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Giovanni Antonio Scopoli in his 1763 ''Entomologia Carniolica''. It can be found in southern and central Europe, Great Britain, Anatolia, the Caucasus and the mountains of central Asia and Mongolia. The wingspan is 14–18 mm. The length of the forewings is 9–11 mm. The moths fly from June to August depending on the location. The larvae feed on cypress spurge ''Euphorbia cyparissias'', the cypress spurge, is a species of plant in the genus ''Euphorbia''. It is native to Europe and was introduced to North America in the 1860s as an ornamental plant. Natural habitat types include dunes, pannes, coast ... and wood spurge. Subspecies ''Minoa murinata murinata'' (Europe, Russia, Asia Minor, Central Asia) ''Minoa murinata amylaria'' Prout, 1914 (Alps, Italy) ''Minoa murinata limburgia'' Lempke, 1969 (Netherlands) ''Minoa murinata lutea'' Schwingenschuss, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]