Cyclophora quercimontaria

Cyclophora quercimontaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Genus:	Cyclophora
Species:	C. quercimontaria
Binomial name
Cyclophora quercimontaria (Bastelberger, 1897) [1]
Synonyms
Zonosoma quercimontariaBastelberger, 1897 Cosymbia quercimontaria elbursicaProut, 1935 Cyclophora nigrosparsariaHeydemann, 1938 Cyclophora communifasciataLempke, 1949 Cyclophora uniformataLempke, 1949 Cyclophora quercimontaria nigrosparsariaScoble, 1999 Cyclophora quercimontaria privatariaScoble, 1999 Cyclophora querciporataUrbahn, 1939

Cyclophora quercimontaria is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found from southern Scandinavia to central and southern Europe and from western Russia to the Caucasus, northern Iran and the northern parts of Asia Minor.

The wingspan is 24–28 mm. Adults are on wing from the end of April to May in one generation per year.

The larvae feed on Quercus species. The species overwinters as a pupa attached to a branch or twig of the host plant.

References

1. Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Cyclophora quercimontaria (Bastelberger 1897)". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 23, 2016.

External links

• Lepiforum.de