Philereme vetulata
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The Brown Scallop is a moth
of the Geometridae family. It is found in much of the Palearctic ecozone.
The wingspan
is 24-30 mm. There is one generation per year with adults on wing from the end of May to August.
The larvae feed on Rhamnus frangula
. The caterpillar is dark grey with paler stripes and orange suffusion. The larvae can be found from the end of April to June. It overwinters as an egg.
Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...
of the Geometridae family. It is found in much of the Palearctic ecozone.
The wingspan
Wingspan
The wingspan of an airplane or a bird, is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777 has a wingspan of about ; and a Wandering Albatross caught in 1965 had a wingspan of , the official record for a living bird.The term wingspan, more technically extent, is...
is 24-30 mm. There is one generation per year with adults on wing from the end of May to August.
The larvae feed on Rhamnus frangula
Rhamnus frangula
Frangula alnus, syn. Rhamnus frangula, the Alder Buckthorn, is a tall deciduous shrub in the family Rhamnaceae. It is native to Europe, northernmost Africa, and western Asia, from Ireland and Great Britain north to 68°N in Scandinavia, east to central Siberia and Xinjiang in western China, and...
. The caterpillar is dark grey with paler stripes and orange suffusion. The larvae can be found from the end of April to June. It overwinters as an egg.