Boudinotiana puella

Boudinotiana puella, the pale orange underwing, is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Eugen Johann Christoph Esper in 1787. It is found in isolated populations in central Europe, ranging to southern Russia in the east.

Pale orange underwing
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Genus:	Boudinotiana
Species:	B. puella
Binomial name
Boudinotiana puella (Esper, 1787)
Synonyms
Phalaena (Noctua) puella Esper, 1787 Archiearis puella Phalaena (Noctua) caelebs Hübner, 1789 Noctua spuria Hübner, [1803] Archiearis treitschkei Prout, 1912 Archiearis latevirgata Kitt, 1920 Archiearis inversa Nitsche, 1932 Archiearis puella mediterranea Ganev, 1984

The wingspan is 29–34 mm for males and 27–30 mm for females. Adults are on wing from February to April in one generation per year.

The larvae feed on the leaves of Populus species, especially Populus tremula. The larvae can be found from May to June. The species overwinters in the pupal stage.

Subspecies

• Boudinotiana puella puella
• Boudinotiana puella mediterranea (Ganev, 1984) (south-western Bulgaria)

External links

• Savela, Markku. "Archiearis puella (Esper, 1787)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 31, 2019.
• Lepiforum e.V.