Fagivorina arenaria, the speckled beauty, is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Johann Siegfried Hufnagel in 1767. It is found from most of central Europe to the Balkan Peninsula and Ukraine. In the south it is found up to Sicily and in the north to Sweden and Norway.

Fagivorina arenaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Genus:	Fagivorina
Species:	F. arenaria
Binomial name
Fagivorina arenaria (Hufnagel, 1767)
Synonyms
Phalaena arenaria Hufnagel, 1767

The wingspan is 22–30 mm. Adults are on wing from May to July.

The larvae feed on deciduous trees, including Fagus sylvatica and Quercus species.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Fagivorina arenaria.

• Kimber, Ian. "70.269 BF1946 Speckled Beauty Fagivorina arenaria (Hufnagel, 1767)". UKMoths. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
• Fauna Europaea
• www. Lepiforum e. V.
• Schmetterlinge-Deutschlands.de

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