Hydriomena furcata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Genus:	Hydriomena
Species:	H. furcata
Binomial name
Hydriomena furcata Thunberg, 1784
Synonyms
Hydriomena sordidata Hydriomena elutata Hydriomena fuscoundata Hydriomena elutaria

The July Highflyer (Hydriomena furcata) is a moth of the Geometridae family. It is found in the Holarctic ecozone.

The wingspan is 23–30 mm.The ground colour ranges from green through to brown.The dark cross bands vary in intensity and pattern. There is anapical streak on the forewings.The hindwings are pale brown. "differs from the other European species of Hydriomena in the shorter palpus, the more angled or irregular markings between the subbasal line and the median space, dark subterminal band, nearly always interrupted by a white or pale spot in the middle, absence of black vein-streaks near the apex".^[1]

Europe, Caucasus, Transcaucasia, Urals, Kazakhstan, Siberia, Russian Far East, North Mongolia, China, Korea, In North America Alaska to Newfoundland British Columbia. Extremely abundant in Northern Europe; in Central Europe it becomes more local and in the south it is apparently almost lacking; in Siberia and Central Asia it has a wide range.

Adults are on wing from May to August. There is one generation per year.

The larvae feed on various broad-leaved trees and shrubs, including Salix and Vaccinium myrtillus.

• Hydriomena furcata furcata
• Hydriomena furcata fergusoni

• European Butterflies and Moths
• Lepidoptera of Belgium
• Lepiforum.de
• UK Moths
• Vlindernet Template:Nl