Pachycnemia hippocastanaria

Pachycnemia hippocastanaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Family:	Geometridae
Subfamily:	Ennominae
Genus:	Pachycnemia
Species:	P. hippocastanaria
Binomial name
Pachycnemia hippocastanaria (Hübner, 1799)
Synonyms
Geometra hippocastanaria Hübner, 1799

Pachycnemia hippocastanaria, the horse chestnut moth, is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in most of Europe.

Illustration from John Curtis's British Entomology Volume 6

Larva

The wingspan is 28–32 mm. Adults are on wing from April to May, and again in a partial second generation in August, usually with fewer and smaller moths.

The larvae feed on common heather (Calluna vulgaris), although both the English and Latin names refer to the horse chestnut tree (Aesculus hippocastanum).

External links

• UKmoths
• Fauna Europaea
• BioLib