Biston is a genus of large, long-winged moths belonging to the family Geometridae. It is most notable for containing the well-known peppered moth. The...
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The peppered moth (Biston betularia) is a temperate species of night-flying moth. It is mostly found in the northern hemisphere in places like Asia, Europe...
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modern synthesis of evolutionary theory with genetics. The peppered moth Biston betularia is also a model of parallel evolution in the incidence of melanism...
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Black moth or Black Moth can refer to: Arctornis l-nigrum, black V moth Ascalapha odorata, black witch moth Biston betularia, peppered moth Celiptera...
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movies Peppered moth (Biston betularia), the subject of a well-known study in natural selection Luna moth (Actias luna) Grease moth (Aglossa cuprina)...
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Biston melacron is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in China (Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fujian, Taiwan, Sichuan), Japan and South Korea. A review...
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Lycia ursaria (redirect from Biston ursaria)
Lycia ursaria, the stout spanworm moth or bear, is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Francis Walker in 1860. It is...
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the peppered moth, Biston betularia, which has been the subject of numerous studies in population genetics. Several other geometer moths are notorious...
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Biston contectaria is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in China (Yunnan), India and Nepal. A review of Biston Leach, 1815 (Lepidoptera, Geometridae...
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Biston quercii is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in China (Henan, Shaanxi, Gansu, Hubei, Sichuan). A review of Biston Leach, 1815 (Lepidoptera...
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Biston falcata is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in China (Henan, Shaanxi, Gansu, Hubei, Sichuan). Biston falcata falcata Biston falcata...
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Biston regalis is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in China (Liaoning, Henan, Shaanxi, Gansu, Zhejiang, Hubei, Jiangxi, Hunan, Fujian, Hainan...
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Biston pustulata is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by William Warren in 1896. It is found in Hainan in China, southern Thailand, Peninsular...
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Biston brevipennata is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in China (Tibet) and Nepal. A review of Biston Leach, 1815 (Lepidoptera, Geometridae...
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Biston thibetaria is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in China (Henan, Zhejiang, Hubei, Hunan, Fujian, Guangxi, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan...
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Biston mediolata is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in China (Shaanxi, Gansu, Hubei, Hunan, Fujian, Hainan, Guangxi, Sichuan) and Vietnam...
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Biston robustum is a species of moth belonging to the family Geometridae. This is a large moth and is known in its native range as the giant geometer moth...
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Biston insularis is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in Sundaland. The Moths of Borneo v t e...
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Biston bengaliaria is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in China (Yunnan, Tibet), India, Bengal and Thailand. A review of Biston Leach, 1815...
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Biston panterinaria is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in China (Liaoning, Beijing, Hebei, Shanxi, Shandong, Henan, Shaanxi, Ningxia, Gansu...
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quasi-scientific assessment of the evidence for natural selection in the peppered moth (Biston betularia), much of which is cast in doubt by the author’s relentless...
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Biston thoracicaria is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in China (Beijing, Hebei, Shandong, Henan, Shaanxi, Gansu, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Hubei...
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Biston marginata is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in China (Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Hunan, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Chongqing, Yunnan), Taiwan...
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Lepidoptera (redirect from Butterflies and Moths)
Polyphenism also occurs in caterpillars, an example being the peppered moth, Biston betularia. Geographical isolation causes a divergence of a species into...
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Biston suppressaria, the tea looper, is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in China (Henan, Shaanxi, Jiangsu, Anhui, Zhejiang, Hubei, Jiangxi...
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Biston perclara is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in Taiwan and Japan. A review of Biston Leach, 1815 (Lepidoptera, Geometridae, Ennominae)...
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Biston strataria, the oak beauty, is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is native to Europe, the Balkan countries and the Black Sea region as far as...
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environment affect individuals. Industrial melanism in the peppered moth Biston betularia is a well-known example of the process of natural selection...
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peppered moths, Biston betularia (Geometridae).' Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 53: 99-103. Grant, Bruce S. 1999. 'Fine tuning the peppered moth paradigm...
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Michael Majerus (section Peppered moth evolution)
defence and experimental works on the peppered moth evolution. The concept of industrial melanism in Biston betularia had been a primary example of Darwinian...
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