It is a striking species with brown forewings marked with five pink and white blotches which do rather resemble the petals of peach blossom. The hindwings are buff and grey. The wingspan is 40–45 mm. The species flies at night, in western Europe in June and July sometimes with a partial second brood emerges in late August and September. The species is attracted to light and sugar.
The larva is brown with white markings and several humps along its back. At rest it raises both ends as with many drepanids. It feeds on various Rubus species. The species overwinters as a pupa.
^The flight season refers to the British Isles. This may vary in other parts of the range.
Chinery, Michael Collins Guide to the Insects of Britain and Western Europe 1986 (Reprinted 1991)
Skinner, Bernard Colour Identification Guide to Moths of the British Isles 1984
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Media related to Thyatira batis at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Thyatira batis at Wikispecies
Peach Blossom at UKMoths
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peach, blossom, plant, peach, other, uses, peach, blossom, disambiguation, peach, blossom, thyatira, batis, moth, family, drepanidae, first, described, carl, linnaeus, 1758, 10th, edition, systema, naturae, scientific, classification, domain, eukaryota, kingdo. For the plant see Peach For other uses see Peach Blossom disambiguation The peach blossom Thyatira batis is a moth of the family Drepanidae It was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae 1 Peach blossom Scientific classification Domain Eukaryota Kingdom Animalia Phylum Arthropoda Class Insecta Order Lepidoptera Family Drepanidae Genus Thyatira Species T batis Binomial name Thyatira batis Linnaeus 1758 Synonyms Phalaena Noctua batis Linnaeus 1758 Thyatira batis japonica Werny 1966 Thyatira batis mandschurica Werny 1966 Thyatira rubrescens wilemani Werny 1966 Thyatira batis japonica Dubatolov 1991 Thyatira vicina pallida Rothschild 1920 Thyatira rubrescens assamensis Werny 1966 Thyatira rubrescens kwangtungensis Werny 1966 Thyatira rubrescens nepalensis Werny 1966 Thyatira rubrescens obscura Werny 1966 Thyatira rubrescens orientalis Werny 1966 Thyatira rubrescens szechwana Werny 1966 Thyatira rubrescens tienmushana Werny 1966 Thyatira rubrescens vietnamensis Werny 1966 Thyatira batis mandschurica Werny 1966 It is found throughout Europe and east through the Palearctic to Japan and Mongolia It is a fairly common species in the British Isles It is a striking species with brown forewings marked with five pink and white blotches which do rather resemble the petals of peach blossom The hindwings are buff and grey The wingspan is 40 45 mm The species flies at night in western Europe in June and July sometimes with a partial second brood emerges in late August and September The species is attracted to light and sugar Both sides MHNT Caterpillar Pupa The larva is brown with white markings and several humps along its back At rest it raises both ends as with many drepanids It feeds on various Rubus species The species overwinters as a pupa The flight season refers to the British Isles This may vary in other parts of the range Subspecies editThyatira batis batis Russia Mongolia Japan Turkey Iran Caucasus Algeria Europe China Heilongjiang Jilin Inner Mongolia Beijing Hebei Shaanxi Gansu Xinjiang Thyatira batis formosicola Matsumura 1933 Taiwan Thyatira batis pallida Rothschild 1920 Sumatra Thyatira batis rubrescens Werny 1966 India Nepal Vietnam China Henan Shaanxi Anhui Zhejiang Hubei Jiangxi Hunan Fujian Guangdong Guangxi Hainan Sichuan Guizhou Yunnan Tibet 2 References edit nbsp Illustration from John Curtis s British Entomology Volume 5 Savela Markku Thyatira batis Linnaeus 1758 Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms Retrieved September 12 2018 Thyatira batis Linnaeus 1758 ala org au Retrieved 2020 03 13 Chinery Michael Collins Guide to the Insects of Britain and Western Europe 1986 Reprinted 1991 Skinner Bernard Colour Identification Guide to Moths of the British Isles 1984External links edit nbsp Media related to Thyatira batis at Wikimedia Commons nbsp Data related to Thyatira batis at Wikispecies Peach Blossom at UKMoths Lepiforum de Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Peach blossom amp oldid 1211472483, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
