Gnophos dumetata, the Irish annulet, is a species of moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in large parts of Europe (including Western Russia and Ukraine), except Great Britain, Portugal, the Benelux, Switzerland, Bulgaria, Fennoscandia and the Baltic region.Fauna Europaea It is also found from north-western Africa to Armenia, Dagestan, and the south-western part of the former Soviet Union.BOLD Systems
The wingspan is 24–28 mm.Hants Moths "Larger than stevenaria (Gnopharmia stevenaria), more brownish, with less enlarged costal spots, upperside usually with conspicuous discal dots, that of the forewing sometimes lost in the median shade. Underside without darkened distal area, postmedian line usually indicated by vein-dots.".Prout in Adalbert Seitz Die Großschmetterlinge der Erde, Verlag Alfred Kernen, Stuttgart Band 2 Die Großschmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes, Die palaearktischen Spinner und Schwärmer, 1912–1913 in English translation online at Forgotten booksBernd Müller, Sven Erlacher, Axel Hausmann, Hossein Rajaei, Pasi Sihvonen and Peder Skou, 2019In: Axel Hausmann (Hrsg.):, 2019 The Geometrid Moths of Europe. 1. Auflage. Volume 6 Ennominae II(Boarmiini, Gnophini, additions to previous volumes), Stenstrup 2015, 978-90-04-38748-5
Adults are on the wing in August.
The larvae feed on buckthorn leaves.Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa
Subspecies Gnophos dumetata dumetata Gnophos dumetata daubearia (Boisduval, 1840) Gnophos dumetata hibernica (Forder, 1993) (Ireland) Gnophos dumetata margaritatus (Zerny, 1927)
References
External links Lepiforum Irish annulet (Gnophos dumetata hibernica) on UKmoths