Asthena anseraria

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Asthena anseraria
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Asthena
Species:
A. anseraria
Binomial name
Asthena anseraria
Synonyms
  • Arrhostis anserariaHerrich-Schäffer, 1855
  • Asthena anseraria candidissimaStaudinger, 1897
  • Asthena corneataChrétien, 1894
  • Cidaria soldariaTurati, 1879

Asthena anseraria is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is known from most of Europe (except Great Britain, Ireland, the Iberian Peninsula, part of the Balkan Peninsula, Norway, Sweden and northern Russia), east to Korea. [3]

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The wingspan is about 18 mm. Adults are on wing from May to July in two generations per year.

The larvae feed on Cornus sanguinea . Larvae can be found in June and August. Larvae that live on green leaves are green and larvae that live on red leaves are red. It overwinters as a pupa.

Subspecies

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References

  1. Fauna Europaea
  2. Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Asthena anseraria Herrich-Schaffer 1855". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 24, 2016.
  3. Choi, Sei-Woong (2012). "Taxonomic review of the genus Asthena Hübner (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) in Korea". Entomological Research. 42: 151–157. doi:10.1111/j.1748-5967.2012.00450.x.