Cyclophora quercimontaria

Cyclophora quercimontaria is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found from southern Scandinavia to central and southern Europe and from western Russia to the Caucasus, northern Iran and the northern parts of Asia Minor.

Cyclophora quercimontaria
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Genus:	Cyclophora
Species:	C. quercimontaria
Binomial name
Cyclophora quercimontaria (Bastelberger, 1897)[1]
Synonyms
Zonosoma quercimontaria Bastelberger, 1897 Cosymbia quercimontaria elbursica Prout, 1935 Cyclophora nigrosparsaria Heydemann, 1938 Cyclophora communifasciata Lempke, 1949 Cyclophora uniformata Lempke, 1949 Cyclophora quercimontaria nigrosparsaria Scoble, 1999 Cyclophora quercimontaria privataria Scoble, 1999 Cyclophora querciporata Urbahn, 1939

The wingspan is 24–28 mm. Adults are on wing from the end of April to May in one generation per year.

The larvae feed on Quercus species. The species overwinters as a pupa attached to a branch or twig of the host plant.