Artiora | |
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Artiora evonymaria | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Geometridae |
Genus: | Artiora Meyrick, 1892[1] |
Species: | A. evonymaria
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Binomial name | |
Artiora evonymaria |
Artiora is a monotypic genus of moths in the family Geometridae. Its sole species, Artiora evonymaria, occurs in Europe.[2] Larvae of A. evonymaria are monophagous external feeders on leaves of European spindle (Euonymus europaeus).[3]
Genus Artiora was erected by Edward Meyrick in 1892.[4] Artiora evonymaria was first described in 1775 by Michael Denis and Ignaz Schiffermüller (as Geometra evonymaria).[4] Within the Geometridae, it was previously placed incertae sedis within tribe Ennomini, but as a result of 2024 phylogenetic research has been transferred to Boarmiini.[5]