Biology:Elvia glaucata

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Short description: Species of moth

Elvia glaucata
Elvia glaucata female.jpg
Female
Elvia glaucata male.jpg
Male
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
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Genus:
Elvia

Walker, 1862
Species:
E. glaucata
Binomial name
Elvia glaucata
Walker, 1862
Synonyms
  • Elvia donovani Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875

Elvia glaucata (also known as the lawyer pug moth)[1] is the only species in the monotypic moth genus Elvia of the family Geometridae. It is found in New Zealand. Both the genus and the species were first described by Francis Walker in 1862.[2][3]

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