Willow beauty: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the willow beauty lives – recorded in 18 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Peribatodes rhomboidaria
Group	Butterflies & moths
Found in	18 countries
Continents	Europe
Class	Insect
Order	Lepidoptera
Family	Geometridae

Where does the willow beauty live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the willow beauty in 18 countries and territories across Europe.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

What kind of animal is the willow beauty?

The willow beauty (Peribatodes rhomboidaria) is an insect in the order Lepidoptera and the family Geometridae, genus Peribatodes. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the willow beauty

The willow beauty (Peribatodes rhomboidaria) is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is a common species of Europe and adjacent regions (Near East and the Maghreb). While it is found widely throughout Scandinavian countries, which have a maritime climate, it is absent from parts of the former USSR which are at the same latitude but have a more continental climate.

Up to four subspecies are listed by some authors, while others consider the willow beauty a monotypic species or accept only rhomboidaria and sublutearia as distinct:

Peribatodes rhomboidaria corsicaria (Schawerda 1931)

Peribatodes rhomboidaria defloraria (Dannehl 1928)

Peribatodes rhomboidaria rhomboidaria (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)

Peribatodes rhomboidaria sublutearia (Zerny 1927)

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Willow beauty (revision 1380739380), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q33472 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).