Cyclophora quercimontaria

Cyclophora quercimontaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Hexapoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Genus:	Cyclophora
Species:	C. quercimontaria
Binomial name
Cyclophora quercimontaria (Bastelberger, 1897)[1]
Synonyms
Zonosoma quercimontaria Bastelberger, 1897 Cosymbia quercimontaria elbursica Prout, 1935 Cyclophora nigrosparsaria Heydemann, 1938 Cyclophora communifasciata Lempke, 1949 Cyclophora uniformata Lempke, 1949 Cyclophora quercimontaria nigrosparsaria Scoble, 1999 Cyclophora quercimontaria privataria Scoble, 1999 Cyclophora querciporata Urbahn, 1939

Cyclophora quercimontaria is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found from southern Scandinavia to central and southern Europe and from western Russia to the Caucasus, northern Iran and the northern parts of Asia Minor.

The wingspan is 24–28 mm. Adults are on wing from the end of April to May in one generation per year. Sometimes, a partial second generation develops, with adults on wing from the end of July to the beginning of August.

The larvae feed on Quercus species. The species overwinters as a pupa attached to a branch or twig of the host plant.

References

1. "Home of Ichneumonoidea". Taxapad. Dicky Sick Ki Yu. 1997–2012. Retrieved 2013. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)