Biology:Paota

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Short description: Genus of moths

Paota
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Paota
Hulst, 1896
Species:
P. fultaria
Binomial name
Paota fultaria
(Grote, 1882)

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]

The MONA or Hodges number for Paota fultaria is 7127.[6]

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