Animalia > Arthropoda > Insecta > Lepidoptera > Geometridae > Deileptenia > Deileptenia ribeata

Deileptenia ribeata (Satin Beauty Moth)

Synonyms:

Wikipedia Abstract

Deileptenia ribeata, the satin beauty, is a moth of the Geometridae family. It is found from Ireland, east through central Europe to Russia and Japan. The wingspan is 30–40 mm. The forewing ground colour is usually mid to dark brown and the forewings have a slight mottled appearance. Very similar to the mottled beauty Alcis repandata Adults are on wing from June to August. There is one generation per year. Larvae feed on various coniferous trees, including Taxus baccata, Abies alba, Carpinus betulus, Betula, Quercus, Prunus spinosa, Vaccinium uliginosum, Lonicera xylosteum and Picea.
View Wikipedia Record: Deileptenia ribeata

Protected Areas

Ecosystems

Prey / Diet

Prey / Diet Overlap

+ Click for partial list (80)Full list (284)

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
2Ecology of Commanster
3HOSTS - 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