Synopsia sociaria

Synopsia sociaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Genus:	Synopsia
Species:	S. sociaria
Binomial name
Synopsia sociaria (Hübner, 1799)[1]
Synonyms
Geometra sociaria Hubner, 1799 Synopsia almasa Schawerda, 1912 Boarmia propinquaria Boisduval, 1840 Synopsia unitaria Prout, 1915

Synopsia sociaria is a moth of the Geometridae family. It is found from the southern part of central Europe to western Central Asia. In the north, the range extends from the North Sea coast to the Baltic region and Russia. In the Caucasus, subspecies S. sociaria unitaria is found.

The wingspan is 28–34 mm. In the southern part of the range, adults are on wing from the end of March to the beginning of June and again from the beginning of July to the beginning of October in two generations per year. North of the Alps, there is only one generation per year with adults on wing from July to August.

The larvae feed on various plant, including Genista, Artemisia, Echium and Erica species. Pupation occurs on the ground between moss.

Subspecies

• Synopsia sociaria sociaria
• Synopsia sociaria unitaria (Staudinger, 1870) (Caucasus)

Synopsia sociaria propinquaria from Corsica is sometimes treated as a valid subspecies.

References

1. Fauna Europaea