Kingdom Animalia Family Geometridae Scientific name Lobophora halterata Rank Species | Class Insecta Genus Lobophora Phylum Arthropoda Order Butterflies and moths | |
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Similar Trichopteryx carpinata, Butterflies and moths, Euchoeca nebulata, Anticlea derivata, Asthena albulata | ||
The Seraphim (Lobophora halterata) is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species can be found in Central and Northern Europe and a few localities in Southern Europe, Siberia, Amur, Primorye, Sakhalin and Japan.
The wingspan is 20–25 mm. The length of the forewings is 12–15 mm.Forewing whitish, with a very slight tinge of brown, at least in the central area; a narrow subbasal dark band, closely followed by conspicuous broader one, the pale line which separates them angulated anteriorly; the lines of the median area ill-defined, dentate. Hindwing white, nearly always with a narrow greyer distal border and sometimes with one or two indistinct lines in outer half. Forewing beneath very weakly but more uniformly marked; hindwing with very distinct discal dot. Variable in the intensity of the markings.
The moths fly from May to June.[1].
The larva feed on aspen and poplar.