Brindled Beauty
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| Lycia hirtaria Brindled Beauty | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Lycia |
| Species: | L. hirtaria |
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| Lycia hirtaria (Clerck, 1759 | |
The Brindled Beauty (Lycia hirtaria) is a small Palearctic moth which is found throughout Europe.
Brindled Beauty caterpillar
Brindled Beauty caterpillar close-up
Description
The Brindled Beauty is a furry moth, which has brown wings with a brindled brown and white pattern which provides near-perfect camouflage on tree trunks and also gives the moth its name. The females have a pale yellow suffusion on the wings and the front edges of their forewings are paler. The moth has a wingspan of 4–5 cm.[1]
The Brindled Beauty is nocturnal.
Range
Colour
The caterpillar of the Brindled Beauty ranges from greyish-green to brown in colour and has black and yellow spots.[1]
Foodplants
The caterpillar feeds on broad-leaved trees.[1]
External links
- European Butterflies and Moths by Christopher Jonko
Cited references
See also
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- Lepidoptera
- Moth
- Geometridae
References
- Carter, David - Butterflies and Moths (Dorling Kindersley Handbooks), Dorling Kindersley Ltd. London, 1992 ISBN 0-7513-2707-7.
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