Eupithecia conterminata

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Eupithecia conterminata is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species can be found from Fennoscandia and the mountains of central Europe, through the Caucasus to southern Siberia.

Eupithecia conterminata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Eupithecia
Species:
E. conterminata
Binomial name
Eupithecia conterminata
(Lienig, 1846)[1][2]
Synonyms
  • Larentia conterminata Lienig & Zeller, 1846
  • Eupithecia manniaria Herrich-Schaffer, 1848

The wingspan is 14–17 mm. There are two generations per year with adults on wing from the mid May to June.

The larvae feed on Picea abies. Larvae can be found from the end of July to mid August. It overwinters as a pupa.

Subspecies

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  • Eupithecia conterminata conterminata
  • Eupithecia conterminata idiopusillata Inoue, 1979

References

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  1. ^ Eupithecia conterminata at Fauna Europaea
  2. ^ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Eupithecia conterminata (Lienig & Zeller 1846)". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 25, 2016.
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