Peach Blossom

Peach Blossom

Taxobox
name = Peach Blossom


image_width = 240px
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Lepidoptera
familia = Drepanidae
genus = "Thyatira"
species = "T. batis"
binomial = "Thyatira batis"
binomial_authority = Linnaeus, 1758The Peach Blossom "(Thyatira batis)" is a moth of the family Drepanidae. It is found throughout Europe and is a fairly common species in the British Isles.

It is a striking species with brown forewings marked with five pink and white blotches which do rather resemble the petals of peach blossom. The hindwings are buff and grey. The wingspan is 40-45 mm. The species flies at night in June and July and sometimes a partial second brood emerges in late August and September ref|flight_season. The species is attracted to light and sugar.

The larva is brown with white markings and several humps along its back. At rest it raises both ends as with many drepanids. It feeds on various "Rubus" species. The species overwinters as a pupa.

#"The flight season refers to the British Isles. This may vary in other parts of the range."

See also

* Peach Blossom Island

External links

* [http://www.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/drepanoidea/drepanidae/thyatirinae/thyatira/index.html#batis Peach Blossom at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera pages]

References

* Chinery, Michael "Collins Guide to the Insects of Britain and Western Europe" 1986 (Reprinted 1991)
* Skinner, Bernard "Colour Identification Guide to Moths of the British Isles" 1984


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