Acasis appensata
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Acasis appensata is a moth
of the Geometridae family. It is found throughout most of the Palearctic ecozone.
The wingspan
is 21–23 mm.
The larvae feed on Actaea spicata
.
Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...
of the Geometridae family. It is found throughout most of the Palearctic ecozone.
The wingspan
Wingspan
The wingspan of an airplane or a bird, is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777 has a wingspan of about ; and a Wandering Albatross caught in 1965 had a wingspan of , the official record for a living bird.The term wingspan, more technically extent, is...
is 21–23 mm.
The larvae feed on Actaea spicata
Actaea spicata
Actaea spicata is a species of flowering plant in the genus Actaea, native to Europe and Western Asia....
.
Subspecies
- Acasis appensata appensata
- Acasis appensata baicalensis (Bang-Haas, 1906)