Selenia tetralunaria (Hufnagel, 1767)
(Purple Thorn)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesSelenia tetralunaria (Purple Thorn)
GenusSelenia (a genus of thorns)
TribeEnnomini (a tribe of moths)
SubfamilyENNOMINAE (a subfamily of moths)
FamilyGEOMETRIDAE (geometrids, carpets, pugs and loopers)
SuperfamilyGEOMETROIDEA (butterfly moths)
CladeMacrolepidoptera (macro-moths)
CladeObtectomera (butterflies and most moths)
CladeApoditrysia (butterflies and most moths)
InfraorderDitrysia (butterflies and most moths)
InfraorderHeteroneura (an infraorder of moths and butterflies)
SuborderGLOSSATA (a suborder of moths)
OrderLEPIDOPTERA (butterflies and moths)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Selenia tetralunaria (Purple Thorn) :
1: Selenia tetralunaria (Purple Thorn)
14 Apr 2018 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, first generaton, at fluorescent light sheet
Image 1: Male - first generaton - anterior view - natural backgroundImage 2: Male - first generaton - dorsal view - natural backgroundImage 3: Male - first generaton - lateral view - natural backgroundImage 4: Male - first generaton - oblique view - natural background
2: Selenia tetralunaria (Purple Thorn)
6 Apr 2002 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
First generation, in Heath trap
Image 1: Male - first generation - anterior viewImage 2: Male - first generation - characteristic resting pose - dorsal viewImage 3: Male - first generation - characteristic resting pose - dorsal view (2)Image 4: Male - first generation - characteristic resting pose - dorsal view (3)Image 5: Male - first generation - feigning death - head and body - lateral viewImage 6: Male - first generation - feigning death - oblique viewImage 7: Male - first generation - feigning death - underside - lateral viewImage 8: Male - first generation - front three-quarter viewImage 9: Male - first generation - wing - dorsal viewImage 10: Male - first generation - wing - ventral view

Selenia tetralunaria (Purple Thorn) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Selenia tetralunaria (Purple Thorn)
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