Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods) ➔ Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods) ➔ Class Insecta (Insects) ➔ Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and moths) ➔ Family Geometridae (Geometer or inchworm moths)
Lycia isabellae (Harrison, 1914)
Isabellen-Dickleibspanner Black Beauty
Synonyms and other combinations:
Poecilopsis isabellae Harrison, 1914 [original combination] |
Classification:
Lycia isabellae belongs to the subfamily Ennominae, tribe Bistonini.Distribution and Habitat:
Europe (Central Europe, France, Italy); in montane and alpine altitudes with larch populations (up to about 2300 m) not rare.Description:
The body of Lycia isabellae is long and coarsely hairy. Males and females are easy to distinguish.The males have comb-like antennae and translucent wings with black veins. The wings are partly covered with white and a few orange scales. The wingspan is about 28 - 30 mm.
The flightless females have stub-shaped wings and compared to other species of the genus thick, pale antennae. Their body length is about 11 - 14 mm.
Biology:
The Black Beauty Lycia isabellae forms one generation per year. The males fly from March or later depending on the altitude. They look for flightless females.The caterpillars are monophagous. They feed and develop on larches (Larix decidua) and can be found from mid May to mid August.
Lycia isabellae hibernates in pupal stage.
References, further reading, links:
- Agriopis aurantiaria/marginaria
- Aplocera plagiata/efformata
- Epirrita sp.
- Idaea filicata
- Phaiogramma faustinata
- Scopula minorata
- Thera variata/britannica
- Barred Straw
- Beautiful Carpet
- Birch Mocha
- Black Beauty
- Black-veined Moth
- Blood-vein
- Brindled White-spot
- Chimney Sweeper
- Clouded Border
- Clouded Silver
- Common Carpet
- Common Emerald
- Common Heath
- Common Marbled Carpet
- Common Wave
- Common White Wave
- Cream Wave
- Dingy Shell
- Dotted Border
- Double-striped Pug
- Dwarf Cream Wave
- Etruscan Viridian
- Feathered Beauty
- Feathered Thorn
- Garden Carpet
- Golden-rod Pug
- Great Oak Beauty
- Lace Border
- Large Emerald
- Large Twin-spot Carpet
- Latticed Heath
- Lesser Cream Wave
- Light Emerald
- Light Orange Underwing
- Little Thorn
- Maiden’s Blush
- Maple Pug
- Mottled Beauty
- Mottled Pug
- Mottled Umber
- Northern Winter Moth
- Oak Beauty
- Orange Moth
- Orange Underwing
- Pale Brindled Beauty
- Pale Oak Beauty
- Peacock Moth
- Peppered Moth
- Pug
- Purple Thorn
- Purple-barred Yellow
- Rannoch Looper
- Red Twin-spot Carpet
- Red-green Carpet
- Riband Wave
- Satin Beauty
- Satyr Pug
- Scarce Umber
- Scorched Carpet
- Seraphim
- Shaded Broad-bar
- Sharp-angled Carpet
- Silver-ground Carpet
- Single-dotted Wave
- Small Argent and Sable
- Small Brindled Beauty
- Small Dusty Wave
- Small Engrailed
- Small Fan-footed Wave
- Small Scallop
- Small Yellow Wave
- Spring Usher
- Tawny-barred Angle
- Vestal
- White-pinion Spotted
- Willow Beauty
- Winter Moth
- Yellow Shell