Stegania trimaculata (Villers, 1789) is a animal in the Geometridae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Stegania trimaculata (Villers, 1789)

Stegania trimaculata (Villers, 1789)

Stegania trimaculata (Dorset cream wave) is a geometrid moth distributed across parts of Europe, Asia and Borneo, whose larvae eat poplars.

Family
Genus
Stegania
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Stegania trimaculata (Villers, 1789)

Stegania trimaculata, the Dorset cream wave, is a moth of the family Geometridae. It occurs across Europe and India, with most populations in Southern Europe, and is also found in Borneo. This species has a wingspan of 26–28 mm, and forewings that reach 10–13 mm in length. The moth produces two generations annually, flying from May to September. Its larvae feed on a variety of poplar species.

Photo: (c) Paolo Mazzei, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Paolo Mazzei · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Animalia › Arthropoda › Insecta › Lepidoptera › Geometridae › Stegania

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

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