Dyspteris
Genus of moths
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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.[1][2][3][4][5]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Dyspteris Hübner, 1818 |
| Species: | D. abortivaria |
| Binomial name | |
| Dyspteris abortivaria (Herrich-Schaffer, 1855) | |
It is called "bad-wing" because its forewing is much larger than its hindwing, making it often difficult to pull into position for spreading.[6]
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