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Rbl. has the wings entirely suffused with smoky black, the median band of the forewing faintly indicated. Taken in S. Yorkshire.In addition to these casual aberrations montanata shows a strong tendency to the formation of local races. Staudinger considers
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and North Africa.It is found in a variety of different habitats and occurs, for example, in humid forests, moorland and shore areas, on embankments or on unimproved grass meadows and heathlands as well as in gardens.
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is 29–33 mm although some northern races may be smaller. The forewings are white with a broad shaded band which varies from pale grey to almost black. The hindwings are also white with pale
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Stgr. high elevations in the mountains of Castile and Andalusia, with the forewing white-yellowish, with less markings and these less distinct,the median band narrowed and more fuscous. -
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Another very variable species. In the typical form the median band is pale-centred and the distal area rather weakly marked. - In ab.
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Stgr. from Northern Scandinavia and N. E. Siberia, a smaller, paler form with the markings (except the discal dot) quite weak. - ab.
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Prout the median area is narrowed and broken into two parts, a larger anterior and a smaller posterior.- ab.
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Hbn.is a more extreme development, with the band reduced to a very small patch on the discocellulars. - ab.
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The species flies from May to July, usually at dusk. It will come to light but is not strongly attracted.
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Krulik the median band is solid, brown or blackish, not interrupted by any white patch. — In ab.
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as such in the Pyrenees,Alps, etc. But in any case the following appear noteworthly:
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and probably feeds on other low-growing plants. The species overwinters as a larva.
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is grey with a purplish-brown back. It has been recorded feeding on
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Weir, from the Shetland Islands, is of the same average size as
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Collins Guide to the Insects of Britain and Western Europe
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Prout, L. B. (1912–16). Geometridae. In A. Seitz (ed.)
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Rbl. shows only the anterior half of the band. - ab.
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Eukaryota
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Geometridae
Xanthorhoe
Binomial name
Denis
Schiffermüller
moth
Geometridae
first described
Michael Denis
Ignaz Schiffermüller

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