Menophra abruptaria: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Geometridae
- Genus
- Menophra
- Species
- Menophra abruptaria
- Scientific Name
- Menophra abruptaria
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Menophra abruptaria
Menophra abruptaria, the waved umber, is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Carl Peter Thunberg in 1792. It is found in south-western North Africa, southern Europe and Anatolia; in the north, it is found from England to Switzerland, south-western Germany, Bangladesh . The wingspan is 36–42 mm. Adults are on wing from April to June. Normally, there is one generation per year, although there can be a partial second generation in summer.
The larvae feed on Ligustrum ovalifolium and Syringa vulgaris.
...Menophra abruptaria in languages:
- Dutch
- Zwartvlekspikkelspanner
- English
- Waved Umber
- French
- Boarmie pétrifiée
- German
- Lederbrauner Rindenspanner
- Russian
- Пяденица острокрылая
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Menophra aborta
- Menophra abruptaria
- Menophra absurda
- Menophra alticamerunis
- Menophra anaplagiata
- Menophra angustipennis
- Menophra annegreteae
- Menophra arabica
- Menophra berenicidaria
- Menophra bicornuta
- Menophra bilobata
- Menophra bitoi
- Menophra caeca
- Menophra canariensis
- Menophra chionodes
- Menophra codra
- Menophra conjunctaria
- Menophra contemptaria
- Menophra costistrigata
- Menophra decorata
- Menophra dioxypages
- Menophra dnophera
- Menophra fulvistrigata
- Menophra grummi
- Menophra harterti
- Menophra harutai
- Menophra humeraria
- Menophra jansei
- Menophra japygiaria
- Menophra jobaphes
- Menophra jugorum
- Menophra lignata
- Menophra luteifasciata
- Menophra lyta
- Menophra maderae
- Menophra mitsundoi
- Menophra multicornuti
- Menophra nakajimai
- Menophra nathaliae
- Menophra nigrifasciata
- Menophra nitidaria
- Menophra nycthemeraria
- Menophra obtusata
- Menophra olginaria
- Menophra oviceps
- Menophra pallescens
- Menophra parahumeraria
- Menophra perserrata
- Menophra plantei
- Menophra praestantaria
- Menophra prouti
- Menophra punctilinearia
- Menophra retractaria
- Menophra senilis
- Menophra serpentinaria
- Menophra serrata
- Menophra serrataria
- Menophra sinoplagiata
- Menophra subplagiata
- Menophra subsenilis
- Menophra subterminalis
- Menophra taiwana
- Menophra tameliltensis
- Menophra thuriferaria
- Menophra tienmuensis
- Menophra torridaria
- Menophra translineata
- Menophra trilineata
- Menophra tsinlinga
- Menophra vietnamica































































































































































