Swallow-tailed moth

Swallow-tailed moth
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Ourapteryx
Species:
O. sambucaria
Binomial name
Ourapteryx sambucaria
Synonyms
  • Phalaena sambucaria Linnaeus, 1758
  • Urapteryx sambucaria

The swallow-tailed moth (Ourapteryx sambucaria) is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae. It is a common species across Europe and the Near East.