| Willow beauty | |
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| Adult male from Dresden (Germany) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Peribatodes |
| Species: | P. rhomboidaria
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| Binomial name | |
| Peribatodes rhomboidaria (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
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| Synonyms | |
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Numerous, see text | |
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.[1]
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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:[2]
- Peribatodes rhomboidaria corsicaria (Schawerda 1931)
- Peribatodes rhomboidaria defloraria (Dannehl 1928)
- Peribatodes rhomboidaria rhomboidaria (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
- Peribatodes rhomboidaria sublutearia (Zerny 1927)
Under its junior synonym Geometra rhomboidaria, the willow beauty is the type species of its genus Peribatodes. This was initially proposed as a subgenus of Boarmia but eventually elevated to full genus rank.[3]