Trichopteryx polycommata
Trichopteryx polycommata | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Geometridae |
Genus: | Trichopteryx |
Species: | T. polycommata |
Binomial name | |
Trichopteryx polycommata (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) | |
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The barred tooth-striped (Trichopteryx polycommata) is a moth of the Geometridae family. It is found in Europe and the Near East, east to the Caucasus, Transcaucasia, the southern Russian Far East (Primorsk) and Japan (Hokkaido).
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Illustration from John Curtis's British Entomology Volume 6
The wingspan is 33–36 mm. Adults are on wing from March to April.
The larvae feed on Ligustrum vulgare and Fraxinus species.
Subspecies
- Trichopteryx polycommata polycommata
- Trichopteryx polycommata grisea (Djakonov, 1926) (northern Urals, Altai, Sayan, north-eastern Kazakhstan, Kamchatka)
- Trichopteryx polycommata anna Inoue, 1957
Furthermore, there are a number of named forms, including the melanic form, ab. caliginosa, which has been recorded Sussex.
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