Peribatodes ilicaria

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Peribatodes ilicaria
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Peribatodes
Species:
P. ilicaria
Binomial name
Peribatodes ilicaria
(Geyer, 1833)
Synonyms
  • Geometra ilicariaGeyer, 1833
  • Boarmia manuelariaHerrich-Schäffer, 1852
  • Boarmia marinariaCleu, 1928

Peribatodes ilicaria, the Lydd beauty, is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Carl Geyer in 1833. It can be found in Europe and North Africa.

The wingspan is about 30 mm. Peribatodes ilicaria is difficult to certainly distinguish from its congeners. See Townsend et al. [1]

All are grey brown with a darker cross band and lines variously developed.

The moths fly from July to September depending on the location.

The larvae feed on various trees and shrubs.

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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.