Hydriomena ruberata

Hydriomena ruberata, the ruddy highflyer, is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Christian Friedrich Freyer in 1831. It is found from Ireland and Great Britain east to north-western Russia, and south up to the Alps. It is also present in North America.

Figs Fig. 5 larvae after final moult

Hydriomena ruberata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Hydriomena
Species:
H. ruberata
Binomial name
Hydriomena ruberata
(Freyer, 1831)[1]
Synonyms
  • Acidalia ruberata Freyer, 1831
  • Hydriomena ruberata f. variegata (Prout, 1914) (form)
Hydriomena ruberata

The wingspan is 29–37 mm. It is very similar to Hydriomena impluviata. It is "distinguishable from the preceding species [Hydriomena impluviata] by the characters noted above (qv.) and the greater prevalence of reddish or rust-coloured tone. Subbasal line variable, often strongly angled in the cell, sometimes thickened at the angle and again at the hindmargin; antemedian rust-coloured band often ending in a conspicuous black spot at hindmargin;in the distal area the black line on the first radial is generally strong, those on the 5th subcostal second radial rarely so; black apical streak generally conspicuous. The name-type is grey, sharply marked, with the rust colour reduced to 4 narrow, inconspicuous bands.[2] The larva is relatively powerful with a few short bristles, light reddish grey-brown in colour.

There is one generation per year, with adults on wing from mid-May to July.

The larvae feed on Salix species (including S. phylicifolia and S. aurita). Larvae can be found from June to September. It overwinters as a pupa.

References

  1. Hydriomena ruberata at Fauna Europaea
  2. Prout, L. B. 1912–16. Geometridae. In A. Seitz (ed.) The Macrolepidoptera of the World. The Palaearctic Geometridae, 4. 479 pp. Alfred Kernen, Stuttgart.
  • Kimber, Ian. "70.076 BF1779 Ruddy Highflyer Hydriomena ruberata (Freyer, [1831])". UKMoths. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
  • Lepiforum e.V.


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