Horisme corticata (Treitschke, 1835) is a animal in the Geometridae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Horisme corticata (Treitschke, 1835)

Horisme corticata (Treitschke, 1835)

Horisme corticata is a Geometridae moth found across parts of Europe and Western Asia, with larvae feeding on three plant species.

Family
Genus
Horisme
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Horisme corticata (Treitschke, 1835)

Horisme corticata is a moth species belonging to the family Geometridae. It is distributed across a range extending from Denmark northward to Poland, Austria, Hungary, and Romania, and from central Italy, the Balkans, and Anatolia eastward to the Caucasus and Southern Russia. This species has a wingspan of 26 to 28 millimeters. Adult moths are active from April to September, with flight timing varying by location. The larvae of this moth feed on three plant species: Clematis vitalba, Clematis viticella, and Anemone sylvestris.

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Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Geometridae Horisme

More from Geometridae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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