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Anticlea badiata

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Wikipedia Abstract

Earophila badiata, the shoulder stripe, is a moth of the Geometridae family. It is found from most of Europe and North Africa to the Altai Mountains. The wingspan is 25–30 mm. The ground colour of the relatively pointed forewings is brown. There is a yellow-brown to yellow-white band running over the forewings, three median cross lines and a cream yellow marginal streak. The hindwings are white with a dark fringe. Adults are variable in colour and size. Adults are on wing from mid March to May in two generations.
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Infraspecies

Prey / Diet

Rosa rubiginosa (Sweet briar)[1]
Rosa spinosissima (Scotch rose)[1]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
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