Purple-barred Yellow

Lythria purpuraria

The Purple-barred Yellow is a species of moth of the Geometridae family. It is found from western Europe to Siberia, Russia, Ukraine, Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan.

Adults are on wing from April to June and again from July to September. It is a day-flying species. There are two generations per year.

The larvae feed on ''Polygonum aviculare''.
Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderLepidoptera
FamilyGeometridae
GenusLythria
SpeciesL. purpuraria
Photographed in
Bulgaria
Portugal