Pachista
| Pachista | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Pachista Prout, 1912 |
| Species: | P. superans |
| Binomial name | |
| Pachista superans (Butler, 1878) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Pachista is a genus of moth in the family Geometridae. It consists of only one species, Pachista superans, which is found in China, Japan and Korea.[1]
Wing pattern is grey-brown with fine dark striations.
The larvae feed on Magnolia and Aesculus species. They are white-tinged green, fairly short, stout, but sometimes seem slightly flattened along the lateral ridge.
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