Pachycnemia hippocastanaria
| Pachycnemia hippocastanaria | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Subfamily: | Ennominae |
| Genus: | Pachycnemia |
| Species: | P. hippocastanaria |
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| Pachycnemia hippocastanaria (Hübner, 1799) | |
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Pachycnemia hippocastanaria, the horse chestnut moth, is a moth of the Geometridae family. It is found in most of Europe.
Illustration from John Curtis's British Entomology Volume 6
Larva
The wingspan is 28–32 mm. Adults are on wing from April to May, and again in a partial second generation in August, usually with fewer and smaller moths.
The larvae feed on Calluna species, although both the English and Latin names refer to the horse chestnut.
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