Fagivorina arenaria
| Fagivorina arenaria | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Fagivorina |
| Species: | F. arenaria |
| Binomial name | |
| Fagivorina arenaria (Hufnagel, 1767) | |
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Fagivorina arenaria, the speckled beauty, is a species of moth of the Geometridae family. It is found from most of central Europe to the Balkan Peninsula and Ukraine. In the south it is found up to Sicily and in the north to Sweden and Norway.
The wingspan is 22-30mm. Adults are on wing from May to July.
The larvae feed on deciduous trees, including Fagus sylvatica and Quercus species.
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