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Similar Ennomos, Ennomos alniaria, Butterflies and moths, Ennomos quercinaria, Ennomos erosaria | ||
Ennomos fuscantaria, the dusky thorn, is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species can be found in the western part of the Palearctic ecozone in western Europe and from central Scandinavia its range extends to the northern Mediterranean and east to Russia.
The wingspan is 35–40 mm. The ground colour is ochre yellow. There are violet-grey flecks on the forewing and an oblong discal spot. The fasciae (bands) are grey brown. On the hindwing the grey brown tranverse line hides a small discal spot.
Other Ennomos species are similar.
The moth is on wing from July to October depending on the location.
The caterpillars feed on Fraxinus excelsior, but also Ligustrum and other shrubs.
References
Ennomos fuscantaria Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA