Pale November moth

The pale November moth (Epirrita christyi) is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Allen in 1906. It is a fairly common species in Western Europe including the British Isles.

Caterpillar

Pale November moth
Mounted
Live adult
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Geometridae
Genus:
Epirrita
Species:
E. christyi
Binomial name
Epirrita christyi
(Allen, 1906)

This species is almost identical to its relatives the November moth and autumnal moth and it is almost impossible to identify them without examination of the genitalia. In general, although melanism occurs regularly in this species it is less prevalent than in the November moth. The pale November moth flies at night from September to November and is attracted to light.

The larva feeds on a variety of trees and shrubs (see list below). The species overwinters as an egg.

  1. ^ The flight season refers to the British Isles. This may vary in other parts of the range.

Recorded food plants
gollark: I had a version which just used normal forms, but this is much nicer.
gollark: Are you one of those very anti-JS people or do you just dislike my UI?
gollark: It's backed by SQLite full text search so it has phrase/near/or/not/and queries and slight fuzziness.
gollark: It has a nice search UI now, using some JS so you can type and get results in real time as you do.
gollark: My eternally unfinished wiki thing is becoming less eternally unfinished.

References
  • Chinery, Michael Collins Guide to the Insects of Britain and Western Europe 1986 (Reprinted 1991)
  • Skinner, Bernard Colour Identification Guide to the Moths of the British Isles 1984


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.