| Triphosa dubitata | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Triphosa |
| Species: | T. dubitata |
| Binomial name | |
| Triphosa dubitata | |
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Triphosa dubitata, the tissue, is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae. It is found from north-west Africa across the Palearctic to Japan.
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The wingspan is 38–48 mm. Adults are on wing from August to September depending on the location.
The larvae feed on bird cherry ( Prunus padus ), Rhamnus species (including alder buckthorn ( Rhamnus frangula ), buckthorn ( Rhamnus cathartica ) and ash ( Fraxinus excelsior ).
