Cyclophora quercimontaria

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.

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
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

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. Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Cyclophora quercimontaria (Bastelberger 1897)". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 23, 2016.


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