Paota
Genus of moths
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Paota is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae described by George Duryea Hulst in 1896. Its only species, Paota fultaria, was first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1882.[1][2][3][4][5] It is found in North America[1] and has a forewing length of 12 millimetres.[6]
| Paota | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Paota Hulst, 1896 |
| Species: | P. fultaria |
| Binomial name | |
| Paota fultaria (Grote, 1882) | |
