Hypomecis roboraria

Hypomecis roboraria, the great oak beauty, is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species can be found in Europe.

Caterpillar

Hypomecis roboraria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Geometridae
Tribe:
Boarmiini
Genus:
Hypomecis
Species:
H. roboraria
Binomial name
Hypomecis roboraria
Synonyms
  • Boarmia roboraria

The wingspan is 40–50 mm. The moths fly from May to August. .

The caterpillars feed on oak.

Notes
  1. ^ The flight season refers to the Belgium and The Netherlands. This may vary in other parts of the range.

Bibliography
  • Kulfan, Miroslav; Holecová, Milada; Fajčík, Jaroslav (2006). "Caterpillar (Lepidoptera) communities on European Turkey oak (Quercus cerris) in Malé Karpaty Mts (SW Slovakia)". Biologia. 61 (5): 573–578. doi:10.2478/s11756-006-0092-y. ISSN 0006-3088.
  • Kang, C.-K.; Moon, J.-Y.; Lee, S.-I.; Jablonski, P. G. (2012). "Camouflage through an active choice of a resting spot and body orientation in moths". Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 25: 1695–1702. doi:10.1111/j.1420-9101.2012.02557.x. ISSN 1010-061X. PMID 22775528.
  • Simonsen, Thomas J.; Kristensen, Niels P. (2003). "Scale length/wing length correlation in Lepidoptera (Insecta)". Journal of Natural History. 37 (6): 673–679. doi:10.1080/00222930110096735. ISSN 0022-2933.
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