Xanthorhoe abrasaria

Xanthorhoe abrasaria is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1856. It is found in the northern part of the Palearctic realm and the Nearctic realm.

Xanthorhoe abrasaria
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Xanthorhoe
Species:
X. abrasaria
Binomial name
Xanthorhoe abrasaria
Synonyms
  • Larentia abrasaria Herrich-Schaffer, 1855

The wingspan is 21–24 mm. Adults are on wing in July. There is one generation per year.

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Galium species.

Subspecies

  • Xanthorhoe abrasaria abrasaria (Europe)
  • Xanthorhoe abrasaria congregata (Walker, 1862) (North America)
  • Xanthorhoe abrasaria trilineata (Warren, 1904) (North America)
  • Xanthorhoe abrasaria aquilonaria Cassino & Swett, 1922 (North America)

References

  • Skou, Peder (1986). The Geometroid Moths of North Europe (Lepidoptera, Drepanidae and Geometridae). Leiden, Kopenhagen: E.J. Brill/Scandinavian Science Press, pp. 70–71.
  • Anweiler, G. G. (2007). "Species Details Xanthorhoe abrasaria". University of Alberta Museums. E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum. Retrieved November 12, 2020.


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