Godonela aestimaria, the tamarisk peacock, is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in southern and south-eastern Europe and the Middle East.
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Godonela |
| Species: | G. aestimaria |
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| Godonela aestimaria | |
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The wingspan is 21–25 mm.[2] There are two generations per year with adults on wing from April to May and again from August to October.
The larvae feed on various species of Tamarix.
Subspecies
- Godonela aestimaria sareptanaria (Staudinger, 1871)
- Godonela aestimaria kuldshana (Wehrli, 1940)
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