Trichopteryx polycommata

Trichopteryx polycommata, the barred tooth-striped, is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Michael Denis and Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775. It is found in Europe and the Near East, east to the Caucasus, Transcaucasia, the southern Russian Far East (Primorsk) and Japan (Hokkaido).

Illustration from John Curtis's British Entomology Volume 6

Trichopteryx polycommata
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T. polycommata
Binomial name
Trichopteryx polycommata
Synonyms
  • Geometra polycommata Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775
  • Lobophora polycommata (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)

The wingspan is 33–36 mm. Adults are on wing from March to April.

The larvae feed on Ligustrum vulgare and Fraxinus species.

Subspecies

  • Trichopteryx polycommata polycommata
  • Trichopteryx polycommata grisea (Djakonov, 1926) (northern Urals, Altai, Sayan, north-eastern Kazakhstan, Kamchatka)
  • Trichopteryx polycommata anna Inoue, 1957

Furthermore, there are a number of named forms, including the melanic form, ab. caliginosa, which has been recorded Sussex.

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