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Philereme vetulata (brown scallop)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Philereme vetulata, the brown scallop, is a moth of the Geometridae family. It is found in much of the Palearctic ecozone. The wingspan is 24–30 mm. Shiny grey-brown, both wings are traversed by numerous slightly darker wavy lines, which are angulated subcostally on the forewing; bothwings with blackish discal dot above and beneath. P. vetulata generally varies very little. There is one generation per year with adults on wing from the end of May to August.
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Prey / Diet

Frangula alnus alnus (Glossy Buckthorn)[1]
Rhamnus cathartica (Hart's thorn)[2]

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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