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Peppered Moth

Biston betularia Linnaeus 1758

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Biston betularia (Peppered Moth) is a species of Lepidoptera in the family geometrid moths. Individuals can grow to 42.5 mm.

EOL has data for 6 attributes, including:

eats
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002470
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Rosa (rose)
geographic distribution includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Present
- Definition: This organism is known to be present in this location or region
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North Pacific
- URI: http://www.marineregions.org/mrgid/1908
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habitat
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002303
- Definition: x has habitat y if: x is an organism, y is a habitat, and y can sustain and allow the growth of a population of x
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temperate
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000206
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has host
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002454
- Attribution: From OBO Relation Ontology
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Populus (cottonwood)
has pathogen
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002556
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Cypovirus
parasitized by
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002444
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Euplectrus bicolor (Swederus 1795)
wingspan
- URI: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q245097
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42.5 mm

Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of peppered moth. View this species on GBIF

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peppered moth includes 7 children: