Lomographa temerata

Lomographa temerata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Lomographa
Species: L. temerata
Binomial name
Lomographa temerata
Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775

Lomographa temerata, the clouded silver, is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species can be found in Central and East Europe, including Russia, Russian Far East, Siberia, Central Asia Transcaucasia and Issyk-Kul.

The wingspan is 22–26 mm.The ground colour is whitish with a silky sheen Recognizable by the dark clouding in the distal part of the forewing, though this varies greatly in intensity and always leaves free (at least in part) a broad white dentate subterminal line. [1]

The moths fly from May to June. .

The larva feed on various trees, including hawthorn and blackthorn.

Notes

  1. ^ The flight season refers to the British Isles. This may vary in other parts of the range.

References

  1. Prout , L.B. 1912–16. Geometridae. In A. Seitz (ed.) The Macrolepidoptera of the World. The Palaearctic Geometridae, 4. 479 pp. Alfred Kernen, Stuttgart.
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