Bordered White

Taxobox
name = Bordered White


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Lepidoptera
familia = Geometridae
genus = "Bupalus"
species = "B. piniaria"
binomial = "Bupalus piniaria"
binomial_authority = Linnaeus, 1758The Bordered White "(Bupalus piniaria)", also known as the Pine Looper, is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is a common species of coniferous woodland throughout the Palearctic region, the Near East and North Africa.

This is a variable species with strong sexual dimorphism. The male has wings varying from white to deep yellow with broad brown borders. The female is plainer, varying from yellow to brown. The wingspan is 34-40 mm. The adults fly in May and June, sometimes later in the north of the range.

The larva is green with pale lines and usually feeds on various species of pine, especially Scots Pine and European Black Pine, although it has also been recorded feeding on Douglas-fir, larch and spruce. This species can be a serious pest in conifer plantations. It overwinters as a pupa.

Subspecies

* "B. p. bernieri"
* "B. p. espagnolus"
* "B. p. piniaria"

External links

* [http://kimmos.freeshell.org/lnel/g4/Buppinia.htm Bordered White at kimmos.freeshell.org]
* [http://www.vlindernet.nl/vlindersoort.php?vlinderid=383 Vlindernet nl]
* [http://waarneming.nl/soort.php?id=8457 waarneming.nl nl]
* [http://webh01.ua.ac.be/vve/checklists/lepidoptera/Geometridae/Bpiniaria.htm Lepidoptera of Belgium]

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
* [http://www.faunaeur.org Fauna Europaea]