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''Cilix glaucata'', the Chinese character, is a
The moth has porcelain-white wings, with a series of small grey spots along the outside edge of the front wing and the inner edge has a large dark brown stain, which turns yellow and grey towards the middle of the wing. Occasionally there are silvery scales. The wingtips are rounded and not curved. If they are sitting in their resting position, they imitate bird droppings. The antennae are only slightly combed.
The silvery scales at the middle of the wings are sometimes said to look like a small letter." " () roughly translatable as "snow-white wings 
The caterpillars become about 12 millimeters long and are dark brown. The thorax is clearly thickened and the end of the abdomen is extended to a narrow tip.
The larvae feed on bramble (''
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moth
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of the family Drepanidae
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. It was first described by the Italian physician and naturalist, Giovanni Antonio Scopoli
Giovanni Antonio Scopoli (sometimes Latinized as Johannes Antonius Scopolius) (3 June 1723 – 8 May 1788) was an Italian physician and naturalist. His biographer Otto Guglia named him the "first anational European" and the "Linnaeus of the Au ...
in his 1763 ''Entomologia Carniolica
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''. It is found in Europe, Asia Minor
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and North Africa
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.
Description
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is 18–22 mm. The moth flies from April to August depending on the location. ''Cilix glaucata'' lives on sunny and warm forest edges, slopes and hedges, on bushy dry grasslands and heaths, but also in parks.
The moth has porcelain-white wings, with a series of small grey spots along the outside edge of the front wing and the inner edge has a large dark brown stain, which turns yellow and grey towards the middle of the wing. Occasionally there are silvery scales. The wingtips are rounded and not curved. If they are sitting in their resting position, they imitate bird droppings. The antennae are only slightly combed.
The silvery scales at the middle of the wings are sometimes said to look like a small letter." " () roughly translatable as "snow-white wings ith
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Geography
Location
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very thin silver letter". Some variations may look like Chinese characters.
;Larva
The caterpillars become about 12 millimeters long and are dark brown. The thorax is clearly thickened and the end of the abdomen is extended to a narrow tip.
The larvae feed on bramble (''Rubus
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Raspberries, blackberries, and dewberries are common, widely distributed members of the genus. Most of t ...
'' species), hawthorn ('' Crataegus'' species) and cherry (''Prunus
''Prunus'' is a genus of trees and shrubs, which includes (among many others) the fruits plums, cherries, peaches, nectarines, apricots, and almonds.
Native to the North American temperate regions, the neotropics of South America, and the p ...
'' species).
Similar species
*''Cilix hispanica
''Cilix hispanica'' is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It is found in Portugal, Spain, southern France, Italy and North Africa.
The wingspan is about . There are two generations per year.
The larvae feed on ''Prunus
''Prunus'' is a genus of ...
'' Pérez De-Gregorio, Torruella, Miret, Casas & Figueras, 2002. Spain, Southern France, Corsica, Southern Italy, Algeria
*''Cilix algirica
''Cilix algirica'' is a moth in the family Drepanidae described by Patrice J.A. Leraut in 2006. It is found in Morocco, Algeria and possibly Portugal
Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, In recognized minority languages of Portugal: ...
'' Leraut, 2006. Morocco, Algeria, Portugal, presumably also in Spain
*''Cilix asiatica
''Cilix asiatica'' is a moth in the family Drepanidae first described by Otto Bang-Haas in 1907. It is found in Ukraine, Romania, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Greece, Crete, the eastern parts of Turkey, Israel and Lebanon. The habitat consists of xe ...
'' Bang-Haas, 1907. Turkey to Iran
References
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