Lomographa bimaculata caterpillars feed on "Prunus" species – including bird cherry ("Prunus padus") and blackthorn ("Prunus spinosa") – as well as on hawthorns ("Crataegus"). Junior synonyms of the white-pinion spotted include: Lomographa bimaculata Lomographa bimaculata, the white-pinion spotted, is a species of geometer moth (family Geometridae). It belongs to the large geometer moth subfamily Ennominae, and therein to the tribe Baptini. It is – under its junior synonym – the type species of its genus "Lomographa". It is also (under its original name "Phalaena bimaculata") the type species of "Bapta", a junior objective synonym of "Lomographa" and the namesake of the Baptini.
Prunus subg. Padus "Padus" is polyphyletic and is therefore invalid as a genus, subgenus or anything else. In Finland and Sweden, the blooming of bird cherry ("Prunus padus", Finnish "tuomi") signifies the start of the summer for many people. In southern Finland, this normally takes place during the two last weeks of May or very early June. North Dakota State University agriculture information page about "Prunus virginiana" Prunus subg. Padus Prunus" subg. "Padus (bird cherries) is a subgenus of "Prunus", characterised by having deciduous leaves, flowers 12-30 together on slender racemes produced in late spring well after leaf emergence, and small, sour fruit