Isturgia limbaria
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Geometridae |
Genus: | Isturgia |
Species: | I. limbaria
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Binomial name | |
Isturgia limbaria (Fabricius, 1775)
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Isturgia limbaria, the frosted yellow, is a moth of the family Geometridae.
Distribution
[edit]This species can be found in parts of Central and Southern Europe. It is extinct in Britain.[1][2]
Habitat
[edit]These moths inhabit heathers, edge of the forests and scrubby areas.[3]
Description
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Isturgia limbaria has a wingspan of 26–30 millimetres (1.0–1.2 in). Forewings can reach a length of 13–15 millimetres (0.51–0.59 in).[3] The male has feathered antennae, while those of the females are filiform. The upperside of the wings is yellow or orange yellow with a chocolate brown margin, less evident in the females. The underside of the hindwings is pale yellowish or greyish and strongly mottled, with visible longitudinal white stripes.
Biology
[edit]These day-flying moths fly from mid April to mid August [1] in one or two generation. The larvae feed on broom. They over-winter as a pupa.[4]
- ^ The flight season refers to The Netherlands and Belgium. This may vary in other parts of the range.
References
[edit]External links
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- Paolo Mazzei, Daniel Morel, Raniero Panfili Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa
- Lepiforum.de
- Vlindernet.nl (in Dutch)