Family Geometridae | Genus Asthena Rank Species | |
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Similar Asthena albulata, Ecliptopera capitata, Anticlea derivata, Euchoeca nebulata, Hydrelia flammeolaria | ||
Asthena anseraria is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is known from most of Europe (except Great Britain, Ireland, the Iberian Peninsula, part of the Balkan Peninsula, Norway, Sweden and northern Russia), east to Korea.
The wingspan is about 18 mm. Adults are on wing from May to July in two generations per year.
The larvae feed on Cornus sanguinea. Larvae can be found in June and August. Larvae that live on green leaves are green and larvae that live on red leaves are red. It overwinters as a pupa.
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