Geometridae : Larentiinae
Fern
HORISME tersata ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
Fern
HORISME tersata ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
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Life Cycle Guide
Description
Wingspan: 31 - 36mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - (Excluding - Azores, Balearic Is.,Canary Is.,Crete,Cyprus,Ireland,Madeira and Portugal)
UK Distribution: Quite well distributed and frequent in England and Wales south of a line from Glamorgan to Lincolnshire.Channel Isles - widespread but occasional
UK Conservation Status -
Habitat: Open Woodland : Hedgerows : Scrub on chalk
Similar Species -
Overwinters as: Pupa
Observations: A black dash that joins the forewings across the abdomen in a straight line when moth is at rest ,continues as black line to create antemedial line,both being one when the wings are closed,is diagnostic with this moth.
A poorly marked moth with many of the cross lines usually absent although there is a bold white emphasis on the subterminal line where it meets the tornus. Some individuals show many thin cross lines although in most cases there a few cross lines visible.
Flies at dusk and comes to light usually in small numbers
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - (Excluding - Azores, Balearic Is.,Canary Is.,Crete,Cyprus,Ireland,Madeira and Portugal)
UK Distribution: Quite well distributed and frequent in England and Wales south of a line from Glamorgan to Lincolnshire.Channel Isles - widespread but occasional
UK Conservation Status -
- Common = > 300 10km squares
- Least Concern
- Geometra tersata ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
- Geometra tersata ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
- Austria - near Vienna
Habitat: Open Woodland : Hedgerows : Scrub on chalk
Similar Species -
- Small Waved Umber - Horisme vitalbata - ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
Overwinters as: Pupa
Observations: A black dash that joins the forewings across the abdomen in a straight line when moth is at rest ,continues as black line to create antemedial line,both being one when the wings are closed,is diagnostic with this moth.
A poorly marked moth with many of the cross lines usually absent although there is a bold white emphasis on the subterminal line where it meets the tornus. Some individuals show many thin cross lines although in most cases there a few cross lines visible.
Flies at dusk and comes to light usually in small numbers
Photo Gallery
Larval Food Plants Worldwide
Note - Plants hyperlinked in red below take the visitor to the relevant plant page on"Plants for a Future" website where further information like photos,physical characteristics,habitats,edible uses,medicinal uses,cultivation,propagation,range,height etc. are clearly listed.
Plant Families - in bold red below takes the visitor to the relevant "Lepi-plants" page where other butterflies & moths using the plants below are listed.
Plant Families - in bold red below takes the visitor to the relevant "Lepi-plants" page where other butterflies & moths using the plants below are listed.
- Caprifoliaceae - Honeysuckle Family
- Lonicera periclymenum - Wild Honeysuckle
- Lonicera xylosteum -Twinberry-Dwarf Honeysuckle
- Ranunculaceae - Buttercup - Crowfoots
- Actaea spicata - Herb Christopher
- Anemone nemorosa - Wood Anemone,European thimbleweed
- Clematis vitalba - Old Man's Beard,Traveller's Joy
- Ranunculus acris - Meadow Buttercup
Larval Food Plants
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Taxonomy
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Kingdom:
Subkingdom: Phylum: Subphylum: Class: Order: Superfamily: Family: Subfamily: Tribe: Genus: Accepted Species Name: Type Species - HORISME: Original Species Name: Literary Ref: Type Locality: |
Animalia
Eumetozoa Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Lepidoptera Geometroidea Geometridae Larentiinae Melanthiini HORISME Hübner, [1825] Horisme tersata ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775) - Geometra tersata ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775) - GEOMETRA tersata ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775) - Ankündung eines systematischen Werkes von den Schmetterlingen der Wienergegend : Title Page : p.109 - n.14 - Austria - near Vienna |