It is found in western, central and eastern Europe. It occurs in the north to the south of the British Isles, southern Scandinavia and southern Finland. It is known in the western Spanish Pyrenees, Corsica, northern Italy (with occasional occurrences in southern Italy), on the Balkan Peninsula up to Bulgaria and Albania as well as in the foothills of the Caucasus range in the south. To the east of the Urals it extends to the Kuriles (Kunashir) and Japan (northeast tip of Hokkaidō) (subspecies Idaea muricata proutiana (Bryk, 1942)) as well as Korea and China (Sichuan) (species I. muricata minor (Sterneck, 1927)).
Fig 1,1a,1b,1c Larvae in various stages of growth
Descriptionedit
The ground colour of the wings is purple. The midfield of the forewing has two yellow spots, a third spot sits at the base of the wing. The pattern is variable. The two midfield spots may be missing, enlarged or fused. The interior crossline is indicated through a slight colour variation. The outer crossline is blue violet, slightly wavy, and very distinctive. The outer crossline is fringed by narrow, jagged purple colour. The margin and fringes are coloured yellow. A large yellow discal spot is located on the hindwing, the midfield is fine yellow spotted.The larva is long and thin, grey-brown with a white side stripe.
Biologyedit
The adults fly at night from June to July.[1]
^The flight season refers to the British Isles. This may vary in other parts of the range.
External linksedit
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idaea, muricata, purple, bordered, gold, moth, family, geometridae, first, described, johann, siegfried, hufnagel, 1767, found, palearctic, purple, bordered, gold, scientific, classification, domain, eukaryota, kingdom, animalia, phylum, arthropoda, class, ins. Idaea muricata the purple bordered gold is a moth of the family Geometridae It was first described by Johann Siegfried Hufnagel in 1767 and is found in the Palearctic Purple bordered gold Scientific classification Domain Eukaryota Kingdom Animalia Phylum Arthropoda Class Insecta Order Lepidoptera Family Geometridae Genus Idaea Species I muricata Binomial name Idaea muricata Hufnagel 1767 Illustration from John Curtis s British Entomology Volume 6 The species has a wingspan of 18 20 mm The length of the forewings is 8 10 mm Contents 1 Distribution 2 Description 3 Biology 4 External linksDistribution editIt is found in western central and eastern Europe It occurs in the north to the south of the British Isles southern Scandinavia and southern Finland It is known in the western Spanish Pyrenees Corsica northern Italy with occasional occurrences in southern Italy on the Balkan Peninsula up to Bulgaria and Albania as well as in the foothills of the Caucasus range in the south To the east of the Urals it extends to the Kuriles Kunashir and Japan northeast tip of Hokkaidō subspecies Idaea muricata proutiana Bryk 1942 as well as Korea and China Sichuan species I muricata minor Sterneck 1927 nbsp Fig 1 1a 1b 1c Larvae in various stages of growthDescription editThe ground colour of the wings is purple The midfield of the forewing has two yellow spots a third spot sits at the base of the wing The pattern is variable The two midfield spots may be missing enlarged or fused The interior crossline is indicated through a slight colour variation The outer crossline is blue violet slightly wavy and very distinctive The outer crossline is fringed by narrow jagged purple colour The margin and fringes are coloured yellow A large yellow discal spot is located on the hindwing the midfield is fine yellow spotted The larva is long and thin grey brown with a white side stripe Biology editThe adults fly at night from June to July 1 The flight season refers to the British Isles This may vary in other parts of the range External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Idaea muricata Purple bordered gold at UKMoths Fauna Europaea Lepiforum e V De Vlinderstichting in Dutch nbsp This Sterrhinae moth related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Idaea muricata amp oldid 1133134901, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
