Biology:Horisme aquata

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Short description: Species of moth

Horisme aquata
Horisme aquata.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Horisme
Species:
H. aquata
Binomial name
Horisme aquata
(Hübner, 1813)
Synonyms
  • Geometra aquata Hubner, 1813
  • Phibalapteryx brisciacensis Dannehl, 1933

Horisme aquata, the Cumbrian umber, is a moth of the family Geometridae. Jacob Hübner first used the scientific name in 1813.[1] It is found in Europe, where it has been recorded from Spain , France , Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany , Denmark , Sweden, Switzerland , Austria, Italy, Slovenia, Poland , Hungary, Romania, Latvia, Lithuania and Ukraine ,[2] to Russia and China .[3]

The wingspan is 15–27 mm.

The larvae feed on Pulsatilla species.[4]

Subspecies

  • Horisme aquata aquata
  • Horisme aquata kansuensis Sheljuzhko 1955
  • Horisme aquata wanquana Yang, 1978

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q13546981 entry