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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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 {{Taxobox
-| name = Pachycnemia hippocastanaria
+| image = Pachycnemia hippocastanaria.jpg
+| image_caption =
-| image = Britishentomologyvolume6Plate611.jpg
-| image_width = 200px
-| image_caption = Illustration from John Curtis's British Entomology Volume 6
 | regnum = [[Animal]]ia
 | phylum = [[Arthropod]]a
-| subphylum = [[Hexapoda]]
 | classis = [[Insect]]a
-| ordo = [[Lepidoptera]]
-| superfamilia = [[Geometroidea]]
 | familia = [[Geometridae]]
 | subfamilia = [[Ennominae]]
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 | species = '''''P. hippocastanaria'''''
 | binomial = ''Pachycnemia hippocastanaria''
-| binomial_authority = (Hübner, 1799)
+| binomial_authority = ([[Jacob Hübner|Hübner]], 1799)
+| synonyms = *''Geometra hippocastanaria'' <small>Hübner, 1799</small>
-| synonyms =
-*''Geometra hippocastanaria'' <small>Hübner, 1799</small>
 }}
-The '''Horse Chestnut Moth''' (''Pachycnemia hippocastanaria'') is a [[moth]] of the [[Geometridae]] family. It is mostly found in most of [[Europe]].
+'''''Pachycnemia hippocastanaria''''', the '''horse chestnut moth''', is a [[moth]] of the family [[Geometridae]]. It is found in most of [[Europe]].
-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.
+[[Image:Britishentomologyvolume6Plate611.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Illustration from John Curtis's ''British Entomology'' Volume 6]]
+[[Image:Pachycnemia hippocastanaria larva.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Larva]]
+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 ''[[Calluna]]'' species, although both the English and Latin names refer to the horse chestnut.
 ==External links==
-*[http://ukmoths.org.uk/show.php?bf=1905 UKmoths]
+*[https://ukmoths.org.uk/show.php?bf=1905 UKmoths]
-*[http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=371564 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]
+{{Taxonbar|from=Q1800308}}
-{{commons }}
-{{wikispecies}}
+[[Category:Ennomini]]
+[[Category:Moths described in 1799]]
+[[Category:Moths of Asia]]
+[[Category:Moths of Europe]]
+[[Category:Taxa named by Jacob Hübner]]
-[[Category:Ennominae]]
 {{Ennominae-stub}}