Taxonomy of Genus Biston Leach, 1815
Oak beauty
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 4179
190570
2444470 | Families
Genera
Species |
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 3816
189502
2439455 | Families
Genera
Species |
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 3399
186457
2415487 | Families
Genera
Species |
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 1891
142849
2048615 | Families
Genera
Species |
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 322
33641
568299 | Families
Genera
Species |
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 208
32654
567261 | Families
Genera
Species |
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 197
32461
565431 | Families
Genera
Species | | Division | Ditrysia
Borner, 1925
Butterflies, Moths, Skippers | 186
32290
560864 | Families
Genera
Species |
Section
| Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
| 74
20388
404639 | Families
Genera
Species |
Subsection
| Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
| 66
18154
371101 | Families
Genera
Species |
Superfamily
| Geometroidea
Leach, 1815
Geometrid, Inchworm Moths, Swallowtail Moths | 10
3863
74271 | Families
Genera
Species | | Family | Geometridae
Leach, 1815
Cankerworm moths, Cankerworms, Carpets, Emeralds, Waves | 3659
71869 | Genera
Species | | Subfamily | Ennominae
Duponchel, 1845
Ennomines | 1678
32247 | Genera
Species | | Tribe | Boarmiini
Duponchel, 1845
| 286
8984 | Genera
Species | | Genus | Biston
Leach, 1815
Oak beauty | 254 | Species |
Subnodes of Biston Leach, 1815 | Species | Biston abruptaria Walker, 1869
| 7 | Subspecies | | Species | Biston achyra Wehrli, 1936
| | | | Species | Biston achyrus Wehrli, 1936
| | | | Species | Biston aequinoctialis Prout L. B., 1938
| | | | Species | Biston albapicata Cockayne, 1953
| | | | Species | Biston albescens Lempke, 1970
| | | | Species | Biston albicollis Warren, 1901
| | | | Species | Biston alexandrina Wehrli, 1941 ⇒ Biston betularia
| | | | Species | Biston analiplaga Warren, 1897 ⇒ Biston subocularia
| | | | Species | Biston annulata Warren, 1897
| | | | Species | Biston antecreta Prout, 1938 ⇒ Biston johannaria
| | | | Species | Biston approximata Lempke, 1952
| | | | Species | Biston atra Gronovius, 1764
| | | | Species | Biston austroccidentalis Karisch, 2005
| | | | Species | Biston basanga Karisch, 2005
| | | | Species | Biston benesignata Lempke, 1952
| | | | Species | Biston bengaliaria Guenée, 1858
| | | | Species | Biston berus Hörhammer, 1933
| | | | Species | Biston betularia Linnaeus, 1758
Brindled beauty moth, Pepper & Salt Geometer | 15 | Subspecies | | Species | Biston betularius Linnaeus, 1758 ⇒ Biston betularia
Peppered moth | | | | Species | Biston bistonaria Walker, 1866
| | | | Species | Biston bloeckeri Kusnetzov, 1902
| | | | Species | Biston breigneti Brascassat, 1897
| | | | Species | Biston brevipennata Inoue, 1982
| | | | Species | Biston brunnea Lempke, 1970
| | | | Species | Biston brunneotegulae Lempke, 1970
| | | | Species | Biston bura Warren, 1894
| | | | Species | Biston burmaensis Hampson, 1902
| | | | Species | Biston calaria Swinhoe, 1904
| | | | Species | Biston carbonaria Jordan, 1869
| | | | Species | Biston centrisignata Lempke, 1970
| | | | Species | Biston cinerarius Erschoff, 1874
| | | | Species | Biston cognataria Guenée, 1858 ⇒ Glena cognataria
Pepper and salt moth | | | | Species | Biston comita Staudinger, 1901
| | | | Species | Biston comitata Warren, 1899
| | | | Species | Biston concinna Warren, 1899 ⇒ Biston huberaria
| | | | Species | Biston conjunctarius Galvagni, 1931
| | | | Species | Biston contectaria Walker, 1863
| | | | Species | Biston contrasta Barnes & Benjamin, 1923
| | | | Species | Biston coreae Wehrli, 1941
| | | | Species | Biston coreibia Wehrli, 1941
| | | | Species | Biston cotangens Lempke, 1952
| | | | Species | Biston crassestrigata Lempke, 1970
| | | | Species | Biston dargei Herbulot, 1973
| | | | Species | Biston decoloraria Cockayne, 1940
| | | | Species | Biston destrigata Lempke, 1952
| | | | Species | Biston diniensis Oberthür, 1913
| | | | Species | Biston dorinda Oberthür, 1910
| | | | Species | Biston doubledayaria Milliere, 1870 ⇒ Biston betularia
| | | | Species | Biston duplicaria Staudinger, 1901
| | | | Species | Biston edwardsi Prout, 1938
| | | | Species | Biston emarginaria Leech, 1897 ⇒ Biston falcata
| | | | Species | Biston engonia Wehrli, 1941
| | | | Species | Biston erilda Oberthür, 1910
| 2 | Subspecies | | Species | Biston exotica Inoue, 1977 ⇒ Biston melacron
| | | | Species | Biston exsilia Karisch, 2005
| | | | Species | Biston extrema Lempke, 1970
| | | | Species | Biston falcata Warren, 1893
| 3 | Subspecies | | Species | Biston fasciaria Motschulsky, 1866
| | | | Species | Biston fasciata Prout, 1915
| | | | Species | Biston fessa Warren, 1896
| | | | Species | Biston florentina Stefanelli, 1882
| | | | Species | Biston fortitaria Barnes & McDunnough, 1916
| | | | Species | Biston fragilis Shiraki, 1913 ⇒ Biston marginata
| | | | Species | Biston fumata Prout, 1938
| | | | Species | Biston fumosaria Alpheraky, 1897
| | | | Species | Biston fumosarius Alphéraky, 1897
| | | | Species | Biston funebraria Lambillion, 1905
| | | | Species | Biston gabunensis Karisch, 2005
| | | | Species | Biston giganteus Inoue, 1985
| | | | Species | Biston gloriosaria Karisch, 2005
| 2 | Subspecies | | Species | Biston graecarius Staudinger, 1861
| 1 | Subspecies | | Species | Biston griscaria Naufock, 0
| | | | Species | Biston griseata Smith, 1954
| | | | Species | Biston hanoviensis Heymons, 1891
| | | | Species | Biston hasegawai Inoue, 1955
| | | | Species | Biston herefordi Tutt, 1905
| | | | Species | Biston hirtarius Clerck, 1759
| | | | Species | Biston hispidaria Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775
| | | | Species | Biston homoclera Prout, 1938
| | | | Species | Biston huberaria Ballion, 1866
| | | | Species | Biston hypoleucos Kusnetzov, 1902
| | | | Species | Biston hypoleucus Kuznetsov, 1901
| | | | Species | Biston immissus Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875
| | | | Species | Biston incisarius Lederer, 1870
| | | | Species | Biston inouei Holloway, 1994
| | | | Species | Biston insularia Thierry-Mieg, 1886
| | | | Species | Biston insularis Warren, 1894
| 2 | Subspecies | | Species | Biston intermedia Lempke, 1952
| | | | Species | Biston inversarius Rebel, 1903
| | | | Species | Biston istriana Galvagni, 1901
| | | | Species | Biston istrianus Staudinger, 1901
| | | | Species | Biston jaculatrix Prout, 0
| | | | Species | Biston jesoensis Matsumura, 1909
| | | | Species | Biston jezoensis Mats, 1931
| | | | Species | Biston johannaria Oberthür, 1913
| | | | Species | Biston kiangsua Wehrli, 1941 ⇒ Biston robustum
| | | | Species | Biston laeta Moltrecht, 1927
| | | | Species | Biston latefasciata Lempke, 1970
| | | | Species | Biston lefuarius Erschoff, 1872
| | | | Species | Biston leucocrossa Prout, 1928
| | | | Species | Biston limbojuncta Lempke, 1970
| | | | Species | Biston lomasaria Cottam, 1923
| | | | Species | Biston luculentus Guenée, 1858 ⇒ Biston suppressaria
| | | | Species | Biston maculatissimus Grünberg, 1910
| 1 | Subspecies | | Species | Biston marginata Shiraki, 1913
| | | | Species | Biston marginatus Shiraki, 1913
| | | | Species | Biston marmoraria Sepp, 1792 ⇒ Biston betularia
| | | | Species | Biston marmorata Sulzer, 1776 ⇒ Biston strataria
| | | | Species | Biston mediolata N. Jiang, D.Y. Xue & H.X. Han, 2011
| | | | Species | Biston melacron Wehrli, 1941
| | | | Species | Biston melanaria Koch, 1949
| | | | Species | Biston meridionalis Oberthür, 1913
| | | | Species | Biston mesle Forbes, 1928
| | | | Species | Biston mexicanaria Walker, 1860
| | | | Species | Biston morleyi Chalmers-Hunt, 1964
| | | | Species | Biston mpalaria Oberthür, 1913
| | | | Species | Biston multidentata Guedot, 1941 ⇒ Chiricahua multidentata
| | | | Species | Biston nepalensis Inoue, 1982
| | | | Species | Biston nephelistis Meyrick, 1897
| 2 | Subspecies | | Species | Biston nigra Heylaerts, 1870
| | | | Species | Biston nigricans Meves, 1914 ⇒ Biston strataria
| | | | Species | Biston nigricosta Cockayne, 1953
| | | | Species | Biston nigromarginata Lempke, 1952
| | | | Species | Biston obsoleta Lempk, 1952
| | | | Species | Biston ochrearia Mansbridge, 1908
| | | | Species | Biston octodurensis Favre, 1897
| | | | Species | Biston odrinarius Buresch, 1915
| | | | Species | Biston panterinaria BREMER & GREY, 1853
| 6 | Subspecies | | Species | Biston parva Leech, 1897
| | | | Species | Biston parvula Wnukowsky, 1925
| | | | Species | Biston pelidna Prout, 1929
| | | | Species | Biston perclara Warren, 1899
| | | | Species | Biston perclarus Warren, 1899
| | | | Species | Biston permutaria Schepp, 0
| | | | Species | Biston pgraecum Poda, 1761
| | | | Species | Biston pljushtschi Viidalepp, 2003
| | | | Species | Biston plumosaria Leech, 1891
| | | | Species | Biston porphyria Butler, 1889
| | | | Species | Biston praeparva Prout, 1937
| | | | Species | Biston prinodes West, 1929
| | | | Species | Biston prodromaria Schiffermüller, 1775 ⇒ Biston strataria
| | | | Species | Biston prodromarius Renne, 1832
| | | | Species | Biston prophaeos Wehrli, 1941 ⇒ Biston hypoleucos
| | | | Species | Biston pteronyma Prout, 1938
| | | | Species | Biston pura Warren, 1894
| | | | Species | Biston pustulata Warren, 1896
| | | | Species | Biston quercii Oberthür, 1910
| | | | Species | Biston regalis Moore, 1888
| 6 | Subspecies | | Species | Biston robiniaria Frings, 1898
| | | | Species | Biston robustum Butler, 1879
Giant geometer moth | 4 | Subspecies | | Species | Biston robustus Butler, 1879
| 3 | Subspecies | | Species | Biston rosenbaueri Müller, 2018
| | | | Species | Biston ryukyuense Inoue, 1964
| | | | Species | Biston satura Wehrli, 1941
| | | | Species | Biston semifusca Swinhoe, 1902
| | | | Species | Biston semivirgata Cockayne, 1953
| | | | Species | Biston serratilinearia Leech, 1897
| | | | Species | Biston sinicaria Leech, 1897
| | | | Species | Biston sinitibetica Wehrli, 1941
| | | | Species | Biston sinuata Hampson, 1895
| | | | Species | Biston soffneri Tykac, 1941
| | | | Species | Biston strataria Hufnagel, 1767
Oak Beauty | 4 | Subspecies | | Species | Biston stratarius Hufnagel, 1767 ⇒ Biston strataria
Oak Beauty | | | | Species | Biston striaria Prochaska, 0
| | | | Species | Biston strigaria Moore, 1879
| | | | Species | Biston stringeri Prout, 1938
| | | | Species | Biston stuningi Viidalepp, 2003
| | | | Species | Biston subflavus Inoue, 1985
| | | | Species | Biston subocularia Mabille, 1893
| | | | Species | Biston subregalis Inoue, 1992
| | | | Species | Biston subrobustum Inoue, 1964
| | | | Species | Biston suffusa Cockayne, 1953
| | | | Species | Biston suppressaria Guenée, 1858
| 3 | Subspecies | | Species | Biston svejbekia Hoffmeyer, 1960
| | | | Species | Biston swettaria Barnes & McDunnough, 1938
| | | | Species | Biston takeuchii Matsumura, 1931
| | | | Species | Biston terraruis Weyenbergh, 1884
| | | | Species | Biston thibetaria Oberthür, 1886
| | | | Species | Biston thoracicaria Oberthür, 1884
| | | | Species | Biston thoracicarius Oberthür, 1884
| | | | Species | Biston tianschanicus Wehrli, 1940
| | | | Species | Biston tienschana Wehrli, 1941 ⇒ Biston huberaria
| | | | Species | Biston tortuosa Wileman, 1911 ⇒ Biston thoracicaria
| | | | Species | Biston ulmaria Borkhausen, 1794 ⇒ Biston betularia
| | | | Species | Biston umbrata Lempke, 1952
| | | | Species | Biston uralaria Krulikowsky, 1909
| | | | Species | Biston ursaria Walker, 1860
| | | | Species | Biston varianaria Swinhoe, 1889
| | | | Species | Biston variegata Lempke, 1970
| | | | Species | Biston vernalis Geoffroy, 1785 ⇒ Biston strataria
| | | | Species | Biston vlachi
| | | | Species | Biston ypsilon Forbes, 1885
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Synonyms | Amphidasea (Unger, 1856) | | Amphidasis (Treitschke, 1825) | | Amphidasys (Sodoffsky, 1837) | | Blepharoctenia (Warren, 1894) | | Buzura (Walker, 1863) | | Culcula (Moore, 1888) | | Dasyphara (Billberg, 1820) | | Epamraica (Matsumura, 1910) | | Euboea (Gumppenberg, 1887) | | Eubyja (Hubner, 1825) | | Eubyjodonta (Warren, 1893) | | Pachys (Hubner, 1822) |
Native, vernacular names and spellings of Biston | English | Oak beauty | | Swedish | Björkmätare |
Distribution of Biston Leach, 1815 Andorra
| Angola
| Armenia
| Australia
2 Species | Austria
| Azerbaijan
| Belarus
| Belgium
| Bhutan
| Bosnia and Herzegovina
| Bulgaria
| Cameroon
| Canada
4 Species | Central African Republic
| China
24 Species | Croatia
| Cyprus
| Czech Republic
| Democratic Republic of the Congo
| Denmark
| East Timor
| Equatorial Guinea
| Estonia
| Ethiopia
| Finland
| France
| Gabon
| Georgia
| Germany
| Ghana
| Greece
| Guinea
| Hungary
| Iceland
| India
15 Species | Indonesia
2 Species | Iran
| Ireland
| Israel
| Italy
4 Species | Japan
15 Species | Kazakhstan
| Kenya
| Kyrgyzstan
| Laos
| Latvia
| Liechtenstein
| Lithuania
| Luxembourg
| Madagascar
| Malawi
| Malaysia
| Mauritius
| Mongolia
| Morocco
| Mozambique
| Myanmar
| Nepal
| Netherlands
| New Zealand
| Nigeria
| North Korea
| Norway
| Pakistan
| Philippines
| Poland
| Portugal
| Republic of the Congo
| Republic South Africa
1 Species | Romania
| Russia
13 Species | Rwanda
| Serbia
| Sierra Leone
| Singapore
| Slovakia
| Slovenia
| South Korea
| Spain
| Sri Lanka
| Sweden
| Switzerland
| Taiwan
10 Species | Tajikistan
| Tanzania
| Thailand
| Turkey
| Turkmenistan
| Uganda
| Ukraine
| United Kingdom
| USA
8 Species | Uzbekistan
| Vietnam
| Zambia
| Zimbabwe
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Found in fossile formations Much Wenlock Limestone Formation
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