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Cyclophora lennigiaria

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Geometridae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Cyclophora

Similar
  
Crocallis tusciaria, Cyclophora linearia, Cataclysme riguata, Epirrhoe molluginata, Pungeleria capreolaria

Cyclophora lennigiaria is a moth in the Geometridae family. It is found in south-western Europe, north to southern France and western Germany, as well as in Morocco.

The wingspan is 28–34 mm. Adults are on wing from April to June and again from July to September in two generations per year.

The larvae feed on Acer monspessulanum. The species overwinters in the pupal stage.

Subspecies

  • Cyclophora lennigiaria lennigiaria (south-western Europe, southern France, western Germany)
  • Cyclophora lennigiaria mauretanica Reisser, 1934 (Morocco)
  • References

    Cyclophora lennigiaria Wikipedia