230 Angerona prunaria (Orange Moth)

GEOMETRIDAE | Ennominae | Angeronini

70.230 Angerona prunaria (Orange Moth)

fw: 20-30mm; Jun-Jul; various broadleaved trees and shrubs; local in broadleaved woodland in S.England.

Angerona prunaria (Orange Moth) §6 male, form prunaria

ID: 2 sexually dimorphic forms both of which show chequered fringes and bipectinate antennae in the male, simple antennae in the female.
Form prunaria: male orange, female pale yellow; with variable brown flecking
Form corylaria: brown with orange markings in the male, yellow marking in the female as follows: forewing median fascia that doesn't reach the dorsum but may extend along costa in both directions, costal portion of subterminal fascia (near apex); hindwing diffuse and partial median fascia.

Variation
Dissection
Male genitalia
Female genitalia

Form prunaria
Form corylaria

§1 Foulness, Essex; 04/07/2015; male; form corylaria; to light
§2 Foulness, Essex; 16/07/2016; male; fw 20.7mm; form prunaria; to light
§3 Foulness, Essex; 16/07/2016; male; form prunaria; to light
§4 Foulness, Essex; 16/07/2016; male; fw 22mm; form prunaria; to light
§5 Foulness, Essex; 16/07/2016; male; form corylaria; to light
§6 Pound Wood, Essex; 30/06/2019; male; form prunaria; to light
§7 Orlestone Forest, Kent; 17/06/2020; male; fw 22.6mm; form corylaria
§8 Pound Wood, Essex; 16/07/2021; female; fw 24.0mm; form corylaria
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