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Biston robustum
Biston robustum is a species of moth belonging to the family Geometridae. This is a large moth and has the English common name in its native range as the giant geometer moth (The Japanese name is トビモンオオエダシャク, Korean name 몸큰가지나, Chinese 褐纹大尺蛾). It is related, and generally similar, to the widespread Peppered Moth.
The species is found in China (Shandong, Shaanxi, Shanghai, Jiangsu, Jiangxi), Taiwan, Japan, Russia, North Korea, South Korea and Vietnam.
From the article Biston robustum on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
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The larvae of this species are polyphagous, feeding on a wide range of different plant genera including:
Abelia Acer Akebia Bothrocaryum Camellia Castanea Celastrus Chaenomeles Corylus Euonymus Eurya Forsythia Ilex Malus Prunus Pyrus Quercus Robinia Rosa Styrax Viburnum Zelkova
Wikipedia: “Food plants”
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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 633162.