Orange Wing Moth

Mellilla xanthometata

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae

Mellilla is a monotypic genus of moths in the family Geometridae erected by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1873. Its only species, Mellilla xanthometata, the orangewing moth, was first described by Francis Walker in 1862. It is found in most of eastern North America.

Distribution

Orange Wing Moth — (c) Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United States of America · 4,117Canada · 17

Sources and credits

Photo(c) Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY DescriptionMellilla, Wikipedia contributors

Orange Wing Moth

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