Biodiversity of Cyprus by NGO Protection of the Natural Heritage and the Biodiversity of Cyprus

The rich and rare biodiversity in Cyprus. The Cyprus biodiversity includes 1908 plants, 780 seashells, 250 fishes, more than 7.000 insects, 410 birds including migratory, 31 mammals, 9 snakes, 11 lizards,three amphibians, 120 land snails, fungi estimated 5-8 thousandand and three turtles.These numbers continually increase as a result of researc. Also see All about Cyprus. From George Konstantinou. Email - fanigeorge@hotmail.com - Το υλικό της ιστοσελίδας αποτελεί πνευματική ιδιοκτησία.

Thursday 16 July 2015

Geometrician - Grammodes stolida (Fabricius, 1775) - Cyprus

See also - List of Moths of Cyprus you will find in this blog (Lepidoptera)

Photos Nicosia 16/7/2015 by George Konstantinou
Family Noctuidae

The Geometrician (Grammodes stolida) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in Africa, southern Europe,Cyprus, most of Asia and Australia. It migrates to Central and Northern Europe as far north as England, Denmark and Finland.

There are multiple generations per year. Adults are on wing from February to October.

Larva reddish yellow, paler on dorsum and along spiracles, marked with fine black longitudinal streaks; dorsal and subdorsal stripes dark grey, the former widening beyond the 5th segment; spiraeular lineline, double: dorsal tubercles large, while ringed with black: The larvae feed on Paliurus, Rubus, Tribulus, Coriaria and Quercus species.From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia