Perizoma blandiata

Perizoma blandiata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Genus:	Perizoma
Species:	P. blandiata
Binomial name
	Perizoma blandiata; (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
Synonyms
	Geometra blandiata Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775; Perizoma blandiatum; Phalaena adaequata Borkhausen, 1794; Cidaria perfasciata Prout, 1914;

Perizoma blandiata, the pretty pinion, is a species of moth of the family Geometridae. It is found from most of Central and Northern Europe to Central Asia as far as the Khangai Mountains.

The wingspan is 19–23 mm. Related to minorata but with the band between the basal and median obsolete or very shadowy (extremely pale brown) the median band very darkanteriorly but pale in the middle, except on the veins, the hindwing rather more strongly marked. — ab.coarctata Prout has the median band narrowed to a mere thread. — perfasciata form. nov [Prout]. has the median band dark throughout and appears to form a constant local race in the Hebrides.^[2]

There is one generation per year with adults on wing from the end of July to August.

The larvae feed on Euphrasia species. The eggs are deposited on or near the flower buds. The larvae can be found from July to September. It overwinters as a pupa.

Subspecies

Perizoma blandiata blandiata
Perizoma blandiata perfasciata Prout, 1914 (Hebrides, Isle of Rum, Faroe Islands)

References

^ "Fauna Europaea". Faunaeur.org. Retrieved 2018-07-10.
^ Prout , L.B. 1912–16. Geometridae. In A. Seitz (ed.) The Macrolepidoptera of the World. The Palaearctic Geometridae, 4. 479 pp. Alfred Kernen, Stuttgart.

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[1] "Fauna Europaea". Faunaeur.org. Retrieved 2018-07-10.

[2] Prout , L.B. 1912–16. Geometridae. In A. Seitz (ed.) The Macrolepidoptera of the World. The Palaearctic Geometridae, 4. 479 pp. Alfred Kernen, Stuttgart.

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