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Purple Treble-bar
Aplocera praeformata
The Purple Treble-bar (Aplocera praeformata) is a moth of the Geometridae family. It is found from the Iberian Peninsula and France, through Western Europa, over Central Europa up to Russia. Its northernmost range is Southern Finland and the Baltic States. The subspecies Aplocera praeformata urbahni is found in Greece. In the Alps it is found to heights of up to 2,000 meters.
From the article Aplocera praeformata on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
Aplocera praeformata has a wingspan of 34–44 mm. The forewings have a gray to blue-gray basic color. They show various bands of dark transverse lines. A red-brown stain extends towards the wing tip. The hind wings are monochrome gray-white without any drawing. This species is rather similar to Aplocera plagiata.
Range & habitat
This species is present from the Iberian Peninsula and France, through Western Europe, over Central Europe, to Russia. Its northernmost range is southern Finland and the Baltic States. The subspecies Aplocera praeformata urbahni is found in Greece. In the Alps it is found to heights of up to 2,000 meters.
Wikipedia: “Distribution and habitat”
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 483340.