Hypomecis roboraria information

Hypomecis roboraria
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Genus:	Hypomecis
Species:	H. roboraria
Binomial name
	Hypomecis roboraria; (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
Synonyms
	Boarmia roboraria;

Hypomecis roboraria, the great oak beauty, is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species occurs in the Palearctic. The nominate subspecies is found in Europe. The subspecies isabellaria is found in western Central Asia east across Siberia and Mongolia to northern China.

The wingspan is 40–50 mm. The male has feather-shaped antennae, the female thread-shaped. The forewings have three narrow, wavy, dark cross-bands that are clear at the front edge, often blurry further back. The hindwings have two such cross bands, one of which is usually quite clear. The larva is naked, brown and gnarled and strongly resembles a dead oak twig.

The moths fly from May to August. ^[1] The caterpillars feed on oak.

Similar species include Hypomecis punctinalis and Hypomecis sp.

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