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Alsophila aceraria
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Genus:	Alsophila
Species:	A. aceraria
Binomial name
Alsophila aceraria (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
Synonyms
Geometra aceraria Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775 Phalaena (Geometra) quadripunctaria Esper, 1801 Phalaena (Geometra) mellearia Scharfenberg, 1805

Alsophila aceraria is a species of moth in the family Geometridae. It is found from south-western Europe and France to Germany, Austria, Italy, western Ukraine, the Balkan Peninsula, the southern Crimea, the Caucasus and Transcaucasus.

The wingspan is 24–33 mm. Adults are on wing from mid October to mid December in one generation per year.

The larvae feed on Quercus robur, Quercus petraea, Acer campestre, Fagus, Carpinus and Prunus species. The larvae can be found from April to June. The species overwinters as an egg.

References

1. "Fauna Europaea". www.faunaeur.org. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016.
2. "LOT Moths and Butterflies". Archived from the original on 2012-07-20. Retrieved 2012-09-03.
3. "De Vlinderstichting". www.vlindernet.nl.
4. "Alsophila". www.nic.funet.fi.

External links

• Lepiforum.de

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• Moths described in 1775
• Alsophilinae
• Moths of Europe
• Moths of Asia
• Taxa named by Michael Denis
• Taxa named by Ignaz Schiffermüller
• Geometridae stubs