Godonela aestimaria

Godonela aestimaria
	Adult (top), Larva (bottom)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Genus:	Godonela
Species:	G. aestimaria
Binomial name
	Godonela aestimaria; (Hübner, 1809)[1]
Synonyms
	Geometra aestimaria Hübner, 1809; Chiasmia aestimaria; Semiothisa aestimaria;

Godonela aestimaria, the tamarisk peacock, is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in southern and south-eastern Europe and the Middle East.

The wingspan is 21–25 mm.[2] 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.

Subspecies

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

References

"Chiasmia aestimaria (Hübner, 1809)". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
Kimber, Ian. "70.219 BF1894a Tamarisk Peacock Chiasmia aestimaria". ukmoths. Retrieved 4 August 2019.

External links

Media related to Chiasmia aestimaria at Wikimedia Commons
Chiasmia aestimaria on Lepiforum.de

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[1] "Chiasmia aestimaria (Hübner, 1809)". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved 4 August 2019.

[2] Kimber, Ian. "70.219 BF1894a Tamarisk Peacock Chiasmia aestimaria". ukmoths. Retrieved 4 August 2019.