Hypoxystis pluviaria

Hypoxystis pluviaria is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found from Sweden and Finland, south to the Alps and east to Siberia and Mongolia.

Hypoxystis pluviaria
Hypoxystis pluviaria ♂
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Geometridae
Genus:
Hypoxystis
Species:
H. pluviaria
Binomial name
Hypoxystis pluviaria
(Fabricius, 1787)[1]
Synonyms
  • Phalaena pluviaria Fabricius, 1787

The wingspan is 27–34 mm. There is one generation per year, with adults on wing from mid May to mid June.

  • ♂
  • ♂ △
  • ♀
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The larvae feed on Filipendula ulmaria. Larvae can be found from mid June to the following spring. It overwinters as a full-grown larva.

References
  1. Hypoxystis pluviaria at Fauna Europaea
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