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Cyclophora puppillaria (Blair's Mocha)

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Wikipedia Abstract

The Blair's Mocha (Cyclophora puppillaria) is a moth of the Geometridae family. The species can be found in Europe and from North Africa up to the Caucasus area. The wingspan is 28–36 mm.in the first generation, the second and any subsequent generations are on average much smaller often only 19 mm. Front and hind wings have almost the same colour. This is however very variable and ranges usually from reddish brown to reddish yellow and light brown. Some specimens are sand-coloured, brown or orange . Also, the pattern is very variable. The inner and outer cross lines, as well as the median band can be very well developed, but also almost completely missing. The interior cross line, but especially the outer cross line is often replaced by a row of dots. The discal spots on the front and rear
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Infraspecies

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Isles of Scilly Complex 66350 England, United Kingdom    
The New Forest 72309 England, United Kingdom

Prey / Diet

Arbutus unedo (strawberry tree)[1]
Quercus ilex (Holly Oak)[2]
Quercus robur (Pedunculate Oak)[1]

Prey / Diet Overlap

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External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
2HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0