What is Abraxas grossulariata?
{{Italictitle}} {{Taxobox | name = ''Abraxas grossulariata'' | image = Abraxas grossulariata orkney.jpg | image_width = 204px | image_caption = | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[Arthropod]]a | classis = [[Insect]]a | ordo = [[Lepidoptera]] | familia = [[Geometridae]] | genus = ''[[Abraxas (moth)|Abraxas]]'' | binomial = ''Abraxas grossulariata'' | binomial_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], [[1758]] }} [[File:Abraxas grossulariata MHNT.jpg|thumb|upright 1.15|''Abraxas grossulariata'' - <big>♂</big>]] '''''Abraxas grossulariata''''' is a [[moth]] of the family [[Geometridae]]. It lives in [[Europe]] and [[North America]]. Its speckled color patterns have given it the common name '''magpie moth'''. The [[caterpillar]] is about the same in color as the adult and feeds on the leaves of shrubs such as [[gooseberry]]. {{commons|Abraxas grossulariata}} {{wikispecies|Abraxas grossulariata}} {{taxonbar|from=Q163996}} {{authority control}} {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Geometridae]]