Epione vespertaria
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The Dark Bordered Beauty (Epione vespertaria) is a moth
of the Geometridae family. It is found from south-western Europe
to the Amur River.
The wingspan
is 25-30 mm. Adults are sexually dimorphic, with the females darker than the males. Adults are on wing from the end of June to September in one generation.
The larvae feed on Betula, Corylus avellana
, Populus tremula
and Salix. Larvae can be found from May to June. The species overwinters as an egg.
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 from south-western Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
to the Amur River.
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 25-30 mm. Adults are sexually dimorphic, with the females darker than the males. Adults are on wing from the end of June to September in one generation.
The larvae feed on Betula, Corylus avellana
Corylus avellana
Corylus avellana, the Common Hazel, is a species of hazel native to Europe and western Asia, from the British Isles south to Iberia, Greece, Turkey and Cyprus, north to central Scandinavia, and east to the central Ural Mountains, the Caucasus, and northwestern Iran. It is an important component of...
, Populus tremula
Populus tremula
Populus tremula, commonly called aspen, common aspen, Eurasian aspen, European aspen, trembling poplar, or quaking aspen, is a species of poplar native to cool temperate regions of Europe and Asia, from the British Isles east to Kamchatka, north to inside the Arctic Circle in Scandinavia and...
and Salix. Larvae can be found from May to June. The species overwinters as an egg.
Subspecies
- Epione vespertaria vespertaria
- Epione vespertaria amura Wehrli, 1940