Entephria nobiliaria is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1852. It is found from Scandinavia to Siberia and in the mountainous areas of Europe.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Entephria |
| Species: | E. nobiliaria
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| Entephria nobiliaria (Herrich-Schäffer, 1852)[1]
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The wingspan is 26–33 mm. Adults are on wing in July.
The larvae feed on Saxifraga species, including Saxifraga oppositifolia. The species overwinters in the larval stage.
Subspecies
edit- Entephria nobiliaria nobiliaria
- Entephria nobiliaria borearia Prout, 1914
References
edit- ^ Savela, Markku. "Entephria nobiliaria (Herrich-Schäffer, 1852)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved May 7, 2019.
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