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Agriopis leucophaearia (spring usher)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Agriopis leucophaearia, the spring usher, is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is a Palearctic speciesfound from Europe to the Russian Far East,Siberia and Japan. The ground colour of the wings is usually whitish.The forewings are nuanced red-brown at the base and the tip, with discontinuous black lines associated with areas streaked with black. The hindwings of the underside are stippled black. Some individuals may be more dark (brown and black stains). The female is wingless.The male has a wingspan of 10-30 mm. The larva is green with yellow lines.
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Prey / Diet

Quercus petraea (Sessile Oak)[1]
Quercus robur (Pedunculate Oak)[1]

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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