Peach blossom

for other uses of this phrase see Peach Blossom (disambiguation)
Peach blossom
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Drepanidae
Genus: Thyatira
Species: T. batis
Binomial name
Thyatira batis
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
  • Phalaena (Noctua) batis Linnaeus, 1758
  • Thyatira batis japonica Werny, 1966
  • Thyatira batis mandschurica Werny, 1966
  • Thyatira rubrescens wilemani Werny, 1966
  • Thyatira batis japonica Dubatolov, 1991
  • Thyatira vicina pallida Rothschild, 1920
  • Thyatira rubrescens assamensis Werny, 1966
  • Thyatira rubrescens kwangtungensis Werny, 1966
  • Thyatira rubrescens nepalensis Werny, 1966
  • Thyatira rubrescens obscura Werny, 1966
  • Thyatira rubrescens orientalis Werny, 1966
  • Thyatira rubrescens szechwana Werny, 1966
  • Thyatira rubrescens tienmushana Werny, 1966
  • Thyatira rubrescens vietnamensis Werny, 1966
  • Thyatira batis mandschurica Werny, 1966

The peach blossom (Thyatira batis) is a moth of the family Drepanidae.[1] It is found throughout Europe and East through the Palearctic to Japan, Mongolia. It is a fairly common species in the British Isles.

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.

  1. ^ The flight season refers to the British Isles. This may vary in other parts of the range.

Subspecies

References

Illustration from John Curtis's British Entomology Volume 5
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