| Purple treble-bar | |
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| Moth of Aplocera praeformata | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Aplocera |
| Species: | A. praeformata |
| Binomial name | |
| Aplocera praeformata (Hübner, 1826) | |
| Synonyms [1] [2] | |
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Aplocera praeformata, known as the purple treble-bar, is a species of moth in the family Geometridae.
Subspecies include: [3] [4]
This species is present from the Iberian Peninsula and France, through Western Europe, over Central Europe, to Russia. Its northernmost range is southern Finland and the Baltic States. [5] [6] The subspecies Aplocera praeformata urbahni is found in Greece. In the Alps it is found to heights of up to 2,000 meters.
Aplocera praeformata has a wingspan of 34–44 mm. The forewings have a gray to blue-gray basic color. They show various bands of dark transverse lines. A red-brown stain extends towards the wing tip. The hind wings are monochrome gray-white without any drawing.
This species is rather similar to Aplocera plagiata .
Adults are on the wing from June to August. [6] This species has one generation a year univoltine. The caterpillars are gray-brown, with a white side line and a dark lower edge. [7] The larvae feed on Hypericum species (St. John's worts), such as Hypericum maculatum and Hypericum perforatum . [8]
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