Cyclophora pendularia, the dingy mocha, is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Carl Alexander Clerck in 1759 and it can be found in the Palearctic realm.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Cyclophora |
| Species: | C. pendularia
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The wingspan is 26–29 mm. The wings are greyish, thickly striped with darker grey; the markings similar to those of the birch mocha, but the rings are nearly always reddish or purplish, and the central line is wavy. The egg is at first bone-coloured; later, pink dots and patches appear. The caterpillar is bright green with three lines along the back, the central one edged on each side with dark green and the others wavy; the sides are blotched with pink or pale purple, or sometimes whitish and unmarked; head slightly notched on the crown, pale brown, marked with darker; fore legs tipped with pink. In another form of the green coloration, the sides are pinkish with dark-brown oblique stripes; in a third the general colour is pale brown.[2]
The moths fly from May to August in two broods the dates depending on the location.
The larvae feed on willow.
References edit
- ^ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Cyclophora pendularia (Clerck 1759)". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 24, 2016.
- ^ South R. (1908) The Moths of the British Isles, (Second Series), Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd., London & NY: 388 pp.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
External links edit
- Dingy mocha at UKMoths
- Lepidoptera of Belgium Archived 2017-03-05 at the Wayback Machine
- Lepiforum e.V.
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