Olive-tree Beauty (Peribatodes umbraria)

Olive-tree Beauty, a reference photo — Photo: David Short from Windsor, UK · CC BY 2.0 (licence)

Peribatodes umbraria, the olive-tree beauty, is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Jacob Hübner in 1809. It can be found in southern Europe.

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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Olive-tree Beauty being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

Peribatodes secundaria
Peribatodes perversaria
Hypomecis externaria

Classification

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Peribatodes
Species: Peribatodes umbraria

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