''Selenia lunularia'', the lunar thorn, is a
moth of the family
Geometridae. It is found in
Europe except Iberia and Greece; also in
Asia Minor,
Armenia,
Siberia Issyk-Kul.
The
wingspan is 38–44 mm. The length of the forewings is 16–22 mm. Similar to ''
Selenia dentaria'' but "Antemedian lines of forewing strongly curved, postmedian
almost straight, oblique outwards, median area very much wider posteriorly than anteriorly, wholly or in part dark-shaded.- ab. ''sublunaria'' Steph. is much darker and more purple, almost exactly the colour of some ''
tetralunaria''
- ''delunaria'' Hhn. the 2nd generation, is on an average rather smaller and with less irroration, but differs less from the 1st brood than in the other
elated
Elation is an emotion of happiness.
Elation may also refer to:
*''Carnival Elation'', cruise ship
* A type of ''collineation'' in perspective geometry where the center lies on the axis
* ''Elation'' (album), a 2012 studio album by the band Great ...
species.
[Prout, L.B. 1912–16. Geometridae. In A. Seitz (ed.) The Macrolepidoptera of the World. The Palaearctic Geometridae, 4. 479 pp. Alfred Kernen, Stuttgart.] The ground colour of the caterpillar is usually some shade of brown, ranging from greyish or greenish to reddish, variegated with darker or paler clouds, and with traces of pale lines on the back.Humps and protrusions on the fifth, eighth and ninth segments gives them the appearance of a small branch with buds and represents an excellent camouflage.
The moth flies in two generation from mid-May to mid-August .
The
caterpillar
Caterpillars ( ) are the larval stage of members of the order Lepidoptera (the insect order comprising butterflies and moths).
As with most common names, the application of the word is arbitrary, since the larvae of sawflies (suborder Sym ...
s feed on various
deciduous trees, such as
birch and
oak.
Notes
#''The flight season refers to
Belgium and
The Netherlands. This may vary in other parts of the range.''
References
External links
*
Lunar thorn on UKmothsFauna EuropaeaLepiforum.deVlindernet.nl
Ennomini
Moths of Europe
Moths of Asia
Taxa named by Jacob Hübner
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