Eupithecia addictata

Eupithecia addictata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Eupithecia
Species: E. addictata
Binomial name
Eupithecia addictata
Dietze, 1908[1]
Synonyms
  • Eupithecia danielata Schutze, 1959
  • Eupithecia falkovitshi Viidalepp, 1976
  • Eupithecia koreaica Vojnits & Laever, 1978
  • Eupithecia pseudoplumbeolata Vojnits, 1973
  • Eupithecia rudniki Vojnits, 1973

Eupithecia addictata is a moth in the Geometridae family. It is found from north-eastern Italy, through Austria, northern Hungary and southern Slovakia to Ukraine, Russia and Japan. It is also found in the southern Balkan Peninsula (including the Republic of Macedonia, Greece and probably also Bulgaria).[2]

The wingspan is about 18 mm.[3] Adults are on wing from mid June to the beginning of August.

The larvae feed on Thalictrum species, including Thalictrum minus und Thalictrum foetidum. The species overwinters in the pupal stage.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Taxapad
  2. ↑ Fauna Europaea
  3. ↑ lepiforum.de
  4. ↑ Schmetterlinge und ihre Ökologie
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