Horisme vitalbata

Small Waved Umber
Horisme vitalbata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Horisme
Species: H. vitalbata
Binomial name
Horisme vitalbata
Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775

The Small Waved Umber (Horisme vitalbata) is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species occurs in Europe.

The wingspan is 30–35 mm. The length of the forewings is 15–17 mm. The moths fly in two generations from May to June and again in August.

The larva feed on Clematis vitalba.

Notes

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

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