Camptogramma bilineata

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Camptogramma bilineata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Camptogramma
Species: C. bilineata
Binomial name
Camptogramma bilineata
Linnaeus, 1758
male
female
Caterpillar

The Yellow Shell (Camptogramma bilineata) is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species can be found in Europe, North-America and Asia.

The wingspan is 20–25 mm. The moths fly from June to August. .

The larvae feed on various low-growing plants such as chickweed, sorrel and other species from the Polygonaceae family.

Notes

  1. ^ The flight season refers to the British Isles. This may vary in other parts of the range.

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