Eupithecia unedonata
Appearance
Eupithecia unedonata | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Geometridae |
Genus: | Eupithecia |
Species: | E. unedonata
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Binomial name | |
Eupithecia unedonata |
Eupithecia unedonata is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in Spain, France, Italy, Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily, Malta, Greece, Crete, Rhodes, North Africa (Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt), Israel, Lebanon, Turkey and Transcaucasia.[3]
The wingspan is 18–21 mm. There are two generations per year
The larvae feed on Arbutus unedo, Thymelaea hirsuta and Rhus tripartita.
References
[edit]- ^ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Eupithecia unedonata Mabille 1868". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 25, 2016.
- ^ Fauna Europaea
- ^ Notes on Geometridae of the Maltese Islands with new records (Lepidoptera: Geometridae)
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