Angerona is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae erected by Philogène Auguste Joseph Duponchel in 1829.

Its only species, Angerona prunaria, the orange moth, was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae.

There is a fine grey to almost black cross stippling and a transverse vein spot in females.

The head of the caterpillars is brown, they reach a length of up to 50 millimeters The moth prefers forest areas and is found in central and northern Europe, Russia and the Middle East and east across the Palearctic to Japan.In Hokkaido (Japan) the species is represented by the subspecies Angerona prunaria turbata Prout The flight time is May to July.

The larva feeds on Prunus spinosa, Lonicera xylosteum , Populus tremula, Frangula dodonei and Vaccinium myrtillus.