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The peach blossom ''(Thyatira batis)'' is a moth of the family Drepanidae. It is found throughout Europe and East through the Palearctic to Japan, Mongolia. It is a fairly common species in the British Isles. It is a striking species with brown forewings marked with five pink and white blotches which do rather resemble the petals of peach blossom. The hindwings are buff and grey. The wingspan is 40–45 mm. The species flies at night, in western Europe in June and July sometimes with a partial second brood emerges in late August and September. The species is attracted to light and sugar. Thyatira batis MHNT.CUT.2012.0.356. Female Gières.jpg| Both sides MHNT Thyatira batis 080806.jpg|Caterpillar Thyatira batis 06 (HS).jpg| The larva is brown with white markings and several humps along its back. At rest it raises both ends as with many drepanids. It feeds on various ''Rubus'' species. The species overwinters as a pupa. # ''The flight season refers to the British Isles. This may vary in other parts of the range.'' ==Subspecies== *''Thyatira batis batis'' (Russia, Mongolia, Japan, Turkey, Iran, Caucasus, Algeria, Europe, China: Heilongjiang, Jilin, Inner Mongolia, Beijing, Hebei, Shaanxi, Gansu, Xinjiang) *''Thyatira batis formosicola'' Matsumura, 1933 (Taiwan) *''Thyatira batis pallida'' (Rothschild, 1920) (Sumatra) *''Thyatira batis rubrescens'' Werny, 1966 (India, Nepal, Vietnam, China: Henan, Shaanxi, Anhui, Zhejiang, Hubei, Jiangxi, Hunan, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Tibet) 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「Peach blossom」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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