Peach blossom

Thyatira batis

The peach blossom is a moth of the family Drepanidae. It was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of "Systema Naturae". It is found throughout Europe and east through the Palearctic to Japan and Mongolia. It is a fairly common species in the British Isles.
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Appearance

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 western Europe in June and July sometimes with a partial second brood emerges in late August and September. 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."
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Naming

* "Thyatira batis batis"
⤷  "Thyatira batis formosicola" Matsumura, 1933
⤷  "Thyatira batis pallida"
⤷  "Thyatira batis rubrescens" Werny, 1966

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderLepidoptera
FamilyDrepanidae
GenusThyatira
SpeciesT. batis