The wingspan is 38–44 mm. The length of the forewings is 17–20 mm. The wing ground colour is grey variously mixed with light brown. The median crossband is dark and partially interrupted. Near the wing outer edge in the middle a light spot is sometimes recognizable. The antennae of the males are strongly feathered in contrast to the filament-shaped of the females.
peribatodes, secundaria, feathered, beauty, moth, family, geometridae, species, first, described, michael, denis, ignaz, schiffermüller, 1775, found, europe, scientific, classificationdomain, eukaryotakingdom, animaliaphylum, arthropodaclass, insectaorder, lep. Peribatodes secundaria the feathered beauty is a moth of the family Geometridae The species was first described by Michael Denis and Ignaz Schiffermuller in 1775 It can be found in Europe Peribatodes secundariaScientific classificationDomain EukaryotaKingdom AnimaliaPhylum ArthropodaClass InsectaOrder LepidopteraFamily GeometridaeGenus PeribatodesSpecies P secundariaBinomial namePeribatodes secundaria Denis amp Schiffermuller 1775 SynonymsGeometra secundaria Denis amp Schiffermuller 1775 Boarmia druentiaria Cleu 1928The wingspan is 38 44 mm The length of the forewings is 17 20 mm The wing ground colour is grey variously mixed with light brown The median crossband is dark and partially interrupted Near the wing outer edge in the middle a light spot is sometimes recognizable The antennae of the males are strongly feathered in contrast to the filament shaped of the females Peribatodes secundaria is difficult to certainly distinguish from its congeners Peribatodes rhomboidaria Denis amp Schiffermuller 1775 Peribatodes ilicaria Geyer 1833 Deileptenia ribeata Clerck 1759 and Alcis repandata Linnaeus 1758 1 The moth flies in one generation from mid June to mid August 1 The larva feeds on various coniferous trees such as the Norway spruce References Edit Guide to difficult speciesNotes Edit The flight season refers to Belgium and the Netherlands This may vary in other parts of the range External links Edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Peribatodes secundaria Feathered Beauty on UKMoths Fauna Europaea Lepiforum e V Vlindernet nl in Dutch nbsp This Boarmiini related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Peribatodes secundaria amp oldid 1133023746, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
