Trichopteryx polycommata
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The Barred Tooth-striped (Trichopteryx polycommata) is a moth
of the Geometridae family. It is found in Europe
and the Near East
, east to the Caucasus
, Transcaucasia, the southern Russian Far East
(Primorsk) and Japan
(Hokkaido).
The wingspan
is 33–36 mm. Adults are on wing from March to April.
The larvae feed on Ligustrum vulgare
and Fraxinus species.
Furthermore, there are a number of named forms, including the melanic form, ab. caliginosa, which has been recorded Sussex.
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 in 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...
and the Near East
Near East
The Near East is a geographical term that covers different countries for geographers, archeologists, and historians, on the one hand, and for political scientists, economists, and journalists, on the other...
, east to the Caucasus
Caucasus
The Caucasus, also Caucas or Caucasia , is a geopolitical region at the border of Europe and Asia, and situated between the Black and the Caspian sea...
, Transcaucasia, the southern Russian Far East
Russian Far East
Russian Far East is a term that refers to the Russian part of the Far East, i.e., extreme east parts of Russia, between Lake Baikal in Eastern Siberia and the Pacific Ocean...
(Primorsk) and Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
(Hokkaido).
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 33–36 mm. Adults are on wing from March to April.
The larvae feed on Ligustrum vulgare
Ligustrum vulgare
Ligustrum vulgare , is a species of Ligustrum native to central and southern Europe, north Africa and southwestern Asia, from southern England and southwestern Sweden south to Morocco, and east to Poland and northwestern Iran.It is a semi-evergreen or deciduous shrub, growing to 3 m...
and Fraxinus species.
Subspecies
- Trichopteryx polycommata polycommata
- Trichopteryx polycommata grisea (Djakonov, 1926) (northern Urals, Altai, Sayan, north-eastern Kazakhstan, Kamchatka)
- Trichopteryx polycommata anna Inoue, 1957
Furthermore, there are a number of named forms, including the melanic form, ab. caliginosa, which has been recorded Sussex.