Swallow-tailed moth
- Description
- This moth was collected by Alexander Baynes at Herford in July 1960. It is one of Britain’s largest Geometrid moths and only flied at night. Its larvae mainly feeds on ivy.
- Accession Loan No.
- 321/2007/13
- Collection Class
- Arthropods
- Common Name
- swallow-tailed moth
- Simple Name
- insect: moth
- Full Name
- GEOMETRIDAE: Ourapteryx sambucaria (Linnaeus, 1758): swallow-tailed moth
- Dimensions
- width 40 mm
- Period Classification
- Modern (1945-); Modern (1900-)
- Family Group
- Collector / Excavator
- Baynes, Mr Alexander
- Collection Town
- Hertford
- Collection County
- Hertfordshire
- Collection Country
- United Kingdom: England
- Collection Area Region
- Northern Europe
- Collection Continent
- Europe
- Phylum
- ARTHROPODA
- Family
- GEOMETRIDAE
- Genus
- Ourapteryx
- Species
- sambucaria
