Xanthorhoe biriviata

Balsam carpet
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Genus:	Xanthorhoe
Species:	X. biriviata
Binomial name
	Xanthorhoe biriviata; (Borkhausen, 1794)

Xanthorhoe biriviata, the balsam carpet, is a moth of the genus Xanthorhoe in the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Moritz Balthasar Borkhausen in 1794. It is found "widespread in Europe and temperate Asia. In southern Europe the distribution is restricted only locally to the mountain(s)."^[1]

References[edit]

^ "Xanthorhoe biriviata (Borkhausen, 1794)". Lepidoptera and Their Ecology. Retrieved 17 December 2017.

External links[edit]

Kimber, Ian. "70.050 BF1721 Balsam Carpet Xanthorhoe biriviata (Borkhausen, 1794)". UKMoths. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
Fauna Europaea
Lepiforum e.V.

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[1] "Xanthorhoe biriviata (Borkhausen, 1794)". Lepidoptera and Their Ecology. Retrieved 17 December 2017.

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