Description Brindled beauty

female of lycia hirtaria

the brindled beauty has wingspan of 4–5 cm. large-bodied furry moth, has pattern provides near-perfect camouflage on tree trunks , gives moth name.the forewing ground colour grey black dusting.there curved anterior , curved exterior cross line limiting midfield. hindwings grey , have 2 or 3 crosslines. females have pale yellow suffusion on wings , front edges of forewings paler. males show large comb-like antennae.

young caterpillar of lycia hirtaria

variation female-ab. terroraria krulik. described unicolorous grey, weak traces of lines on veins of forewing. female -ab. fumaria haw. fuscous or smoky black, in extreme examples entirely unmarked.- diniensis ob. differs little name-type, lines appear strong , thick. figured without description. basses-alpes.- ab. fasciata [prout] beautiful modification of diniensis antemedian line double , blackish band extending median line of forewing subterminal. le canadel. var, france, - ab. flavescens [prout] may taken name of more yellow-mixed form common in england, n. france, etc.- ab. congeneraria hbn. has antemedian , postmedian lines distinctly double. possibly forms separate race in algeria - istriana galv. large, whitish-mixed form istria- hanoviensis heymons small race, more densely scaled, ground-colour more mixed ochreous-yellow,the dark markings extended strong suffusions.