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Acasis viretata (yellow-barred brindle)

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The yellow-barred brindle (Acasis viretata) is a moth of the Geometridae family. It is found from most of Europe to eastern Asia. It is also present in North America. The wingspan is 25–29 mm. The base colour of the forewing is olive-green, but soon fades to yellowish. There is a black and green band running across the forewing. The hindwing is white. Adults are on wing from mid April to October in two generations in western Europe. The larvae feed on a wide variety of plants, including Rhamnus frangula, Hedera helix, Ligustrum, Ilex aquifolium, Cornus sanguinea and Sorbus aucuparia.
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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