Kingdom Animalia Subphylum Hexapoda Order Lepidoptera Scientific name Ennomos quercinaria | Phylum Arthropoda Class Insecta Family Geometridae Rank Species | |
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Similar Ennomos, Butterflies and moths, Ennomos erosaria, Ennomos fuscantaria, Ennomos alniaria | ||
Ennomos quercinaria, the August thorn, is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species can be found in Europe.
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Description
The wingspan is 42–50 mm. The length of the forewings is 18–22 mm. The ground colour is orange-yellow. The forewings are lightly or heavily speckled and have a dark marginal edge.Both fore and hind wings are scalloped at the edges and have two cross-lines. The discal spot not always evident.
Similar Species: Ennomos alniaria, but distinguished by the postmedian line (outer line) curving inwards towards the costa. Other Ennomos species.
Distribution
Found in some but not all of West Europe , the Iberian Peninsula and to the East in Greece, Hungary, Romania, European Turkey, Ukraine and to the South Iberian Peninsula Italy and Sicily.
Biology
The moths fly in one generation from August to September. [1]. They are attracted to light.
The caterpillars feed on oak and beech.
