''Archiearis notha'', the light orange underwing, 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 w ...

of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by

Jacob Hübner Jacob Hübner (20 June 1761 – 13 September 1826, in Augsburg) was a German entomologist. He was the author of ''Sammlung Europäischer Schmetterlinge'' (1796–1805), a founding work of entomology. Scientific career Hübner was the author of '' ...

in 1803 and can be found in Europe. 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 of ...

is about 35 mm. The moths fly from March to April depending on the location. The larvae feed on aspen ('' Populus tremula''), hiding between spun leaves during the day.

References

External links

''Kimmo's Lep Site''
* * ttp://www.lepiforum.de/lepiwiki.pl?Archiearis_Notha ''Lepiforum e.V.''br>''Portal für Schmetterlinge und Raupen''
Archiearinae Moths of Europe Taxa named by Jacob Hübner Moths described in 1803 {{Archiearinae-stub