Lobophora halterata

Lobophora halterata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Lobophora
Species: L. halterata
Binomial name
Lobophora halterata
Hufnagel, 1767

The Seraphim (Lobophora halterata) is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species can be found in Central and Northern Europe and a few localities in Southern Europe, Siberia, Amur, Primorye, Sakhalin and Japan.

The wingspan is 20–25 mm. The length of the forewings is 12–15 mm.Forewing whitish, with a very slight tinge of brown, at least in the central area; a narrow subbasal dark band, closely followed by conspicuous broader one, the pale line which separates them angulated anteriorly; the lines of the median area ill-defined, dentate. Hindwing white, nearly always with a narrow greyer distal border and sometimes with one or two indistinct lines in outer half. Forewing beneath very weakly but more uniformly marked; hindwing with very distinct discal dot. Variable in the intensity of the markings. [1]


The moths fly from May to June. .

The larva feed on aspen and poplar.

Notes

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

References

  1. Prout , L.B. 1912–16. Geometridae. In A. Seitz (ed.) The Macrolepidoptera of the World. The Palaearctic Geometridae, 4. 479 pp. Alfred Kernen, Stuttgart.

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