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title: "Pale Oak Beauty"
description: "Hypomecis punctinalis — Owady i pająki. Hypomecis punctinalis, the pale oak beauty, is a moth of the family Geometridae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/pale-oak-beauty
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Pale Oak Beauty

> Hypomecis punctinalis — Owady i pająki. Hypomecis punctinalis, the pale oak beauty, is a moth of the family Geometridae.

- Scientific name: *Hypomecis punctinalis*
- Category: `insects` (Owady i pająki)
- Habitats: `forest` (Las)
- iNaturalist observations: 14311
- Wikidata: [Q46153](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q46153)
- iNaturalist taxon: [320063](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/320063)

## Names

- en: Pale Oak Beauty
- de: Aschgrauer Rindenspanner
- fr: Boarmie pointillée
- nl: Ringspikkelspanner

## Countries with the most observations

FR (1603), DE (1381), AT (1279), ES (838), IT (795), PT (747), RU (691), HU (542), CH (357), PL (257), FI (251), DK (247)

## Summary

Hypomecis punctinalis, the pale oak beauty, is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Giovanni Antonio Scopoli in his 1763 Entomologia Carniolica. The species can be found in central and southern Europe, Asia Minor, Transcaucasia, Russia, the Russian Far East, Japan, Korea, Ussuri and western China.

The wingspan is 46–55 mm. The length of the forewings is 22–26 mm. The forewings have a grey-white ground colour with a brownish tinge and are fine blackish dusted. The outer margin of the forewing has a convexity. The forewings have conspicuous transverse lines and a clear discal mark. The…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypomecis_punctinalis

## Photo

![Pale Oak Beauty](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/pale-oak-beauty/medium.jpg)

Photo: Andreas Manz · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/82261149

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/pale-oak-beauty?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).