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Glaucous Shears

Papestra biren

Classification

Class
Insecta
Family
Noctuidae

Papestra biren, the glaucous shears, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Johann August Ephraim Goeze in 1781. It is found in most of Europe, but not in the southern parts of the Iberian Peninsula, Italy and Greece.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Switzerland · 166United Kingdom · 68Italy · 41France · 27Germany · 18Spain · 1