''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
The Nearctic realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting the Earth's land surface.
The Nearctic realm covers most of North America, including Greenland, Central Florida, and the highlands of Mexico. The parts of North America t ...
.
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.
External links
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Xanthorhoe
Palearctic Lepidoptera
{{Xanthorhoini-stub