Geometridae : Ennominae
White-pinion Spotted
LOMOGRAPHA bimaculata (Fabricius, 1775)
White-pinion Spotted
LOMOGRAPHA bimaculata (Fabricius, 1775)
Life Cycle Guide
Description
Wingspan:
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - less Channel Isles,Croatia,Greece & some Mediterranean Islands : as far east as Japan & Kuril archipeligo
UK Distribution: Common throughout southern England and south Wales but less frequent in the north
UK Conservation Status -
Habitat: Woodland : Hedgerows : Gardens
Similar Species -
Pupa: Pupates among plant litter or fine soil
Overwinters as: Pupa
Observations: The moth is white with few defining marks apart from the antemedian and post median lines being fine black spots finishing at the costa with larger black spots. The hindwing is basically white with a weak postmedian cross line and two fine black discal spots.
This moth is similar to a highly worn Green Carpet and Clouded Silver which is larger with more dark shading.
The moth can be disturbed during the day and is attracted to light appearing at the moth trap in small numbers.
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - less Channel Isles,Croatia,Greece & some Mediterranean Islands : as far east as Japan & Kuril archipeligo
UK Distribution: Common throughout southern England and south Wales but less frequent in the north
UK Conservation Status -
- Common = > 300 10km squares
- Least Concern
- Phalaena bimaculata (Fabricius,1775)
- Geometra taminata ([Denis & Schiffermüeller],1775)
- Germany: Leipzig ("Lipsiae")
Habitat: Woodland : Hedgerows : Gardens
Similar Species -
- Green Carpet - Colostygia pectinataria - (Knoch, 1781)
Pupa: Pupates among plant litter or fine soil
Overwinters as: Pupa
Observations: The moth is white with few defining marks apart from the antemedian and post median lines being fine black spots finishing at the costa with larger black spots. The hindwing is basically white with a weak postmedian cross line and two fine black discal spots.
This moth is similar to a highly worn Green Carpet and Clouded Silver which is larger with more dark shading.
The moth can be disturbed during the day and is attracted to light appearing at the moth trap 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.
- Fagaceae - Oak - Chestnut - Beech Family
- Fagus sylvatica - Beech
- Rosaceae - Rose Family
- Prunus avium - Wild Cherry
- Prunus incisa - Fuji Cherry
- Prunus padus - Bird Cherry - Hackberry
- Prunus serrulata - Yamazakura
- Prunus spinosa - Blackthorn - Sloe(Britain)
- Prunus yedoensis - Tokyo Cherry
Larval Food Plants
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Taxonomy
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Kingdom:
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Animalia
Eumetozoa Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Lepidoptera Geometroidea Geometridae Ennominae Baptini LOMOGRAPHA Hübner,[1825] Lomographa bimaculata (Fabricius, 1775) - Geometra taminata ([Denis & Schiffermüeller],1775) - PHALAENA bimaculata (Fabricius,1775) = Bapta bimaculata (Fabricius, 1775) = Geometra taminata Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775 = Lomographa taminata (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) = Phalaena bimaculata Fabricius, 1775 - Systema entomologiae, sistens insectorvm classes, ordines, genera, species, adiectis synonymis, locis, descriptionibvs, observationibvs. - Flensbvrgi, Lipsiae.: Fabricius, Johann Christian 1775 : Title Page : p.635 - n.76 - Germany: Leipzig ("Lipsiae") - L.b.f.subnotata Warren,1895 - reduced costal spots L.b.f.unimaculata Cockayne,1950 - onne spot only L.b.f.costijuncta Cockayne,1950 - costal shade joins two spots |