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Pachycnemia hippocastanaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Family:	Geometridae
Subfamily:	Ennominae
Genus:	Pachycnemia
Species:	P. hippocastanaria
Binomial name
	Pachycnemia hippocastanaria; (Hübner, 1799)
Synonyms
	Geometra hippocastanaria Hübner, 1799;

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Pachycnemia hippocastanaria, the horse chestnut moth, is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in most of Europe.

Illustration from John Curtis's *British Entomology* Volume 6

The wingspan is 28–32 mm. Adults are on wing from April to May, and again in a partial second generation in August, usually with fewer and smaller moths.

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 The [[wingspan]] is 28–32&nbsp;mm. Adults are on wing from April to May, and again in a partial second generation in August, usually with fewer and smaller moths.
-The larvae feed on common heather (''[[Calluna|Calluna vulgaris]]''), although both the English and Latin names refer to the horse chestnut tree (''[[Aesculus hippocastanum]]'').
 ==External links==
 *[https://ukmoths.org.uk/show.php?bf=1905 UKmoths]
-*[http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=446220 Fauna Europaea]
+*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160303184549/http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=446220 Fauna Europaea]
 *[https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id51940/ BioLib]