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Arichanna melanaria

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Wikipedia Abstract

Arichanna melanaria is a species of moth of the family Geometridae. It is found over most of Europe (except Great Britain, the Benelux, the Iberian Peninsula, Italy and Greece), Mongolia, east to Japan. The wingspan is 36–42 mm. Adults are on wing from June to September depending on the location. The larvae feed on the leaves of Vaccinium uliginosum, Vaccinium oxycoccos and Rhododendron tomentosum.
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Infraspecies

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Linzer Wasser und Kieperbach 813 Germany  
Wälder und Feuchtgebiete bei Weißkeißel 645 Germany  

Prey / Diet

Pieris japonica (Japanese pieris)[1]
Rhododendron japonicum (Japanese azalea)[1]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
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