Deileptenia ribeata

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Deileptenia ribeata
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Deileptenia
Species:
D. ribeata
Binomial name
Deileptenia ribeata
(Clerck, 1759)

Deileptenia ribeata, the satin beauty, is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Carl Alexander Clerck in 1759. It is found from Ireland, east through central Europe to Russia and Japan.

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Illustration from John Curtis's British Entomology Volume 6

The wingspan is 30–40 mm. The forewing ground colour is usually mid to dark brown and the forewings have a slight mottled appearance. Very similar to the mottled beauty (Alcis repandata), Peribatodes rhomboidaria , Peribatodes secundaria and Peribatodes ilicaria See Townsend et al. [1]

Adults are on wing from June to August. There is one generation per year.

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Figs. 1,1a,1b,1cLarvae in various stages 1d enlargement of portion

Larvae feed on various coniferous trees, including Taxus baccata , Abies alba , Carpinus betulus , Betula , Quercus , Prunus spinosa , Vaccinium uliginosum , Lonicera xylosteum and Picea .

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References

  1. Martin C. Townsend, Jon Clifton and Brian Goodey (2010). British and Irish Moths: An Illustrated Guide to Selected Difficult Species. (covering the use of genitalia characters and other features) Butterfly Conservation.