Abraxas pantaria

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| taxon = Abraxas pantaria

| authority = (Linnaeus, 1767){{cite web |url=http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=445512 |title=Fauna Europaea |website=Fauna Europaea |accessdate=2017-03-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304210743/http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=445512 |archive-date=2016-03-04 |url-status=dead }}

| synonyms = *Phalaena pantaria Linnaeus, 1767

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Abraxas pantaria, the light magpie or spotted ash looper is a species of moth belonging to the family Geometridae. It was described by Carl Linnaeus in 1767.{{cite web |last=Savela |first=Markku |url=http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/geometroidea/geometridae/ennominae/abraxas/#pantaria |title=Abraxas pantaria (Linnaeus, 1767) |website=Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms |accessdate=February 1, 2019}} It is found in the Mediterranean and is common in Portugal and Spain. It is also known from the United Kingdom, Ireland, Croatia, Armenia and Georgia south-eastern Russia and Turkey.{{cite web |url=http://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/zoology/issues/zoo-10-34-3/zoo-34-3-9-0902-27.pdf |title=Spotted ash looper, Abraxas pantaria (L.) (Lepidoptera: Geometridae), a new ash pest in Turkey |format=PDF |date= |accessdate=2011-12-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120312091509/http://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/zoology/issues/zoo-10-34-3/zoo-34-3-9-0902-27.pdf |archive-date=2012-03-12 |url-status=dead }}

The wingspan is 38–42 mm for females and 35–40 mm for males.

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