Pasiphila excisa is a moth in the family Geometridae. It was described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1878. It is found in Russia, Japan[2] and Korea.[3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Pasiphila |
| Species: | P. excisa
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| Binomial name | |
| Pasiphila excisa | |
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The larvae feed on the flowers of Rhododendron species and Eurya japonica.
References
edit- ^ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Pasiphila excisa (Butler 1878)". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on 24 March 2016. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
- ^ Japanese Moths
- ^ Sei-Woong Choi (March 2002). "Two New Larentiinae Species (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) from Korea". Entomological Research. 32 (1): 57–60. doi:10.1111/j.1748-5967.2002.tb00010.x.