About Hypoxystis pluviaria (Fabricius, 1787)
Hypoxystis pluviaria is a species of moth in the family Geometridae. It has a documented distribution ranging from Sweden and Finland in the north, south to the Alps, and east to Siberia and Mongolia. This moth has a wingspan that measures between 27 and 34 millimeters. Hypoxystis pluviaria produces one new generation each year. Adults of this species are active on the wing from mid-May to mid-June. The larvae of this moth feed on Filipendula ulmaria. Larvae can be observed from mid-June through the following spring, and the species overwinters in its full-grown larval stage.
