The wingspan is 35–40 mm for males. Females are wingless. The male is grey with a more or less strong olivaceous tinge, sometimes mixed with some ochreous or with some whitish scales. The lines are variable, thickened and darkened at the margins. The female is stouter than that of E. defoliaria, with a longer ovipositor and dorsally more or less brownish, abdomen spinose. — ab. extinctaria Stndf. is a paler, almost unicolorous form of the male - ab. monacharia Stgr. is unicolorous blackish or even quite black. Chiefly from Yorkshire. The larva is brown mottled with ferruginous, frequently with V-shaped ochreous dorsal marks on the 2nd and 3rd abdominal segments.[1]
Adults are on wing from January to April. There is one generation per year.
The larva feeds on various deciduous trees, including Quercus species.
Referencesedit
^Prout, L. B. (1912–16). Geometridae. In A. Seitz (ed.) The Macrolepidoptera of the World. The Palaearctic Geometridae, 4. 479 pp. Alfred Kernen, Stuttgart.pdf This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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phigalia, pilosaria, pale, brindled, beauty, moth, family, geometridae, species, first, described, michael, denis, ignaz, schiffermüller, 1775, found, from, europe, anatolia, caucasus, scientific, classificationdomain, eukaryotakingdom, animaliaphylum, arthrop. Phigalia pilosaria the pale brindled beauty is a moth of the family Geometridae The species was first described by Michael Denis and Ignaz Schiffermuller in 1775 It is found from Europe and Anatolia to the Caucasus Phigalia pilosariaScientific classificationDomain EukaryotaKingdom AnimaliaPhylum ArthropodaClass InsectaOrder LepidopteraFamily GeometridaeGenus PhigaliaSpecies P pilosariaBinomial namePhigalia pilosaria Denis amp Schiffermuller 1775 SynonymsGeometra pilosaria Denis amp Schiffermuller 1775 Apocheima pilosaria Denis amp Schiffermuller 1775 Phigalia pedaria Fabricius 1787 LarvaThe wingspan is 35 40 mm for males Females are wingless The male is grey with a more or less strong olivaceous tinge sometimes mixed with some ochreous or with some whitish scales The lines are variable thickened and darkened at the margins The female is stouter than that of E defoliaria with a longer ovipositor and dorsally more or less brownish abdomen spinose ab extinctaria Stndf is a paler almost unicolorous form of the male ab monacharia Stgr is unicolorous blackish or even quite black Chiefly from Yorkshire The larva is brown mottled with ferruginous frequently with V shaped ochreous dorsal marks on the 2nd and 3rd abdominal segments 1 Adults are on wing from January to April There is one generation per year The larva feeds on various deciduous trees including Quercus species References edit Prout L B 1912 16 Geometridae In A Seitz ed The Macrolepidoptera of the World The Palaearctic Geometridae 4 479 pp Alfred Kernen Stuttgart pdf nbsp This article incorporates text from this source which is in the public domain External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Phigalia pilosaria Kimber Ian 70 247 BF1926 Pale Brindled Beauty Phigalia pilosaria Denis amp Schiffermuller 1775 UKMoths Retrieved 4 July 2019 Lepiforum e V nbsp This Bistonini related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Phigalia pilosaria amp oldid 1044201108, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
