''Godonela aestimaria'', the tamarisk peacock, is a

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of ...

of the family

Geometridae The geometer moths are moths belonging to the family Geometridae of the insect order Lepidoptera, the moths and butterflies. Their scientific name derives from the Ancient Greek ''geo'' γεω (derivative form of or "the earth"), and ''metr ...

. It is found in southern and south-eastern Europe and the Middle East. The

wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777–200 has a wingspan of , and a wandering albatross (''Diomedea exulans'') caught in 1965 had a wingspan ...

is 21–25 mm. There are two generations per year with adults on wing from April to May and again from August to October. The larvae feed on various species of ''

Tamarix The genus ''Tamarix'' (tamarisk, salt cedar, taray) is composed of about 50–60 species of flowering plants in the family Tamaricaceae, native to drier areas of Eurasia and Africa. The generic name originated in Latin and may refer to the Ta ...

''.

Subspecies

* ''Godonela aestimaria sareptanaria'' ( Staudinger, 1871) * ''Godonela aestimaria kuldshana'' ( Wehrli, 1940)

References

External links

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''Chiasmia aestimaria'' on Lepiforum.de
Macariini Moths described in 1809 Moths of Europe Moths of Asia Taxa named by Jacob Hübner {{Macariini-stub