Trichopteryx polycommata

Trichopteryx polycommata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Trichopteryx
Species: T. polycommata
Binomial name
Trichopteryx polycommata
(Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
Synonyms
  • Geometra polycommata Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775
  • Lobophora polycommata (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)

The barred tooth-striped (Trichopteryx polycommata) is a moth of the Geometridae family. It is found in Europe and the Near East, east to the Caucasus, Transcaucasia, the southern Russian Far East (Primorsk) and Japan (Hokkaido).

Illustration from John Curtis's British Entomology Volume 6

The wingspan is 33–36 mm. Adults are on wing from March to April.

The larvae feed on Ligustrum vulgare and Fraxinus species.

Subspecies

Furthermore, there are a number of named forms, including the melanic form, ab. caliginosa, which has been recorded Sussex.

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