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Dyspteris
Dyspteris is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae and was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1818. It is monotypic, being represented by a single species, Dyspteris abortivaria, commonly known as the bad-wing. This species was first described by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1855 and is found in North America.
It is called "bad-wing" because its forewing is much larger than its hindwing, making it often difficult to pull into position for spreading.
22 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Bad-wing Moth
speciesDyspteris abortivaria
Dyspteris tenuivitta
speciesDyspteris tenuivitta
Dyspteris gigantea
speciesDyspteris gigantea
Dyspteris parvula
speciesDyspteris parvula
Dyspteris breviataria
speciesDyspteris breviataria
Dyspteris vecinaria
speciesDyspteris vecinaria
Dyspteris crispisulcans
speciesDyspteris crispisulcans
Dyspteris formosa
speciesDyspteris formosa
Dyspteris deminutaria
speciesDyspteris deminutaria
Dyspteris subvariata
speciesDyspteris subvariata
Dyspteris egregiaria
speciesDyspteris egregiaria
Dyspteris trichophora
speciesDyspteris trichophora
Dyspteris trifilaria
speciesDyspteris trifilaria
Dyspteris aequivirgata
speciesDyspteris aequivirgata
Dyspteris extremata
speciesDyspteris extremata
Dyspteris naiadaria
speciesDyspteris naiadaria
Dyspteris moinieri
speciesDyspteris moinieri
Dyspteris mexicaria
speciesDyspteris mexicaria
Dyspteris insignis
speciesDyspteris insignis
Dyspteris subcoerulea
speciesDyspteris subcoerulea
Dyspteris viridilineata
speciesDyspteris viridilineata
Dyspteris legitimaria
speciesDyspteris legitimaria
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 173707.