Xanthorhoe abrasaria

Xanthorhoe abrasaria is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1856. It is found in the northern part of the Palearctic realm and the Nearctic realm.

Xanthorhoe abrasaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Geometridae
Genus:
Xanthorhoe
Species:
X. abrasaria
Binomial name
Xanthorhoe abrasaria
Synonyms
  • Larentia abrasaria Herrich-Schaffer, 1855

The wingspan is 21–24 mm. Adults are on wing in July. There is one generation per year.

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Galium species.

Subspecies
  • Xanthorhoe abrasaria abrasaria (Europe)
  • Xanthorhoe abrasaria congregata (Walker, 1862) (North America)
  • Xanthorhoe abrasaria trilineata (Warren, 1904) (North America)
  • Xanthorhoe abrasaria aquilonaria Cassino & Swett, 1922 (North America)
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gollark: Or 128.
gollark: It's probably true that there's *a* maximum size limit, but it isn't obviously 150.
gollark: Wikipedia says:> A replication of Dunbar's analysis with a larger data set and updated comparative statistical methods has challenged Dunbar's number by revealing that the 95% confidence interval around the estimate of maximum human group size is much too large (4–520 and 2–336, respectively) to specify any cognitive limit.
gollark: Dunbar's number is 150, and also a very approximate approximation someone made up.

References
  • Peder Skou (1986). The Geometroid Moths of North Europe (Lepidoptera, Drepanidae and Geometridae). Leiden, Kopenhagen: E.J. Brill/Scandinavian Science Press, pp. 70–71.
  • Anweiler, G. G. (2007). "Species Page - Xanthorhoe abrasaria". Entomology Collection. University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum. Retrieved May 15, 2019.


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