Subphylum Hexapoda Family Geometridae Rank Species | Higher classification Abraxas | |
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Similar Abraxas, Butterflies and moths, Abraxas sylvata, Geometer moth, Insect | ||
Magpie moth abraxas grossulariata breeding
Abraxas grossulariata is a moth of the family Geometridae, native to the Palaearctic ecozone and North America. Its distinctive speckled colouration has given it a common name of magpie moth. The caterpillar is similarly coloured to the adult, and may be found as a pest feeding on the leaves of shrubs such as gooseberry.
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- Magpie moth abraxas grossulariata breeding
- Magpie moth abraxas grossulariata
- Subspecies
- Recorded foodplants
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The length of the forewing is 18–25 mm.The strikingly patterned forewings have a white ground cololor, with six transverse series of black stains, partly associated with a pale yellow basal cross-band and another through the central area of the forewing.The hind wings are paler, and have much less dark stains on them, and these are also small.
It is a highly variable species with many different forms. Research using Abraxas grossulariata led to the discovery of sex-linked characters.
Magpie moth abraxas grossulariata
Subspecies
Recorded foodplants
