Mottled umber

Mottled umber
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Erannis
Species:
E. defoliaria
Binomial name
Erannis defoliaria
(Clerck, 1759)
Synonyms
  • Phalaena defoliaria Clerck, 1759

The mottled umber (Erannis defoliaria) is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is common throughout much of the Palearctic region. The species was first described by Carl Alexander Clerck in 1759.