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Alsophila
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Alsophila

Alsophila is a genus of the moth family Geometridae, subfamily Alsophilinae. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1825. The genus is notable because of distinct sexual dimorphism leading to strongly reduced wings in females, so much so that they cannot fly. The moths fly in late autumn or early spring.

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10 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Fall Cankerworm Moth

speciesAlsophila pometaria

March Moth

speciesAlsophila aescularia

Autumn alsophila moth

speciesAlsophila aceraria

Alsophila japonensis

speciesAlsophila japonensis

Alsophila bulawskii

speciesAlsophila bulawskii

Alsophila foedata

speciesAlsophila foedata

Alsophila inouei

speciesAlsophila inouei

Alsophila vladimiri

speciesAlsophila vladimiri

Alsophila yanagitai

speciesAlsophila yanagitai

Alsophila murinaria

speciesAlsophila murinaria

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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 174610.