Peribatodes ilicaria

Peribatodes ilicaria, the Lydd beauty, is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Carl Geyer in 1833. It can be found in Europe and North Africa.

Peribatodes ilicaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Genus:	Peribatodes
Species:	P. ilicaria
Binomial name
Peribatodes ilicaria (Geyer, 1833)
Synonyms
Geometra ilicaria Geyer, 1833 Boarmia manuelaria Herrich-Schäffer, 1852 Boarmia marinaria Cleu, 1928

The wingspan is about 30 mm. Peribatodes ilicaria is difficult to certainly distinguish from its congeners. See Townsend et al.^[1]

• Peribatodes rhomboidaria ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
• Peribatodes secundaria ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
• Deileptenia ribeata (Clerck, 1759)
• Alcis repandata (Linnaeus, 1758)

All are grey brown with a darker cross band and lines variously developed.

The moths fly from July to September depending on the location.

The larvae feed on various trees and shrubs.