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The Lunar Thorn (''Selenia lunularia'') is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in Europe except Iberia and Greece; also in Asia Minor, Armenia, Siberia 〔(Colour Atlas of Siberian Lepidoptera )〕Issyk-kul. The wingspan is 38–44 mm. The length of the forewings is 16–22 mm. Similar to ''Selenia dentaria'' but "Antemedian lines of forewing strongly curved, postmedian almost straight, oblique outwards, median area very much wider posteriorly than anteriorly, wholly or in part dark-shaded.- ab. ''sublunaria'' Steph. is much darker and more purple, almost exactly the colour of some ''tetralunaria'' - ''delunaria'' Hhn. the 2nd generation, is on an average rather smaller and with less irroration, but differs less from the 1st brood than in the other () species.〔Prout , L.B. 1912–16. Geometridae. In A. Seitz (ed.) The Macrolepidoptera of the World. The Palaearctic Geometridae, 4. 479 pp. Alfred Kernen, Stuttgart.〕 The moth flies in two generation from mid-May to mid-August . The caterpillars feed on various deciduous trees, such as birch and oak. ==Notes== #''The flight season refers to Belgium and The Netherlands. This may vary in other parts of the range.'' 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Selenia lunularia」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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