Eupithecia alliaria

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Eupithecia alliaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Eupithecia
Species: E. alliaria
Binomial name
Eupithecia alliaria
Staudinger, 1870[1]

Eupithecia alliaria is a moth in the Geometridae family. It is found from France and the Iberian Peninsula east through south-central Europe to Russia and most of the Balkan Peninsula. It is also found in the Near East and North Africa.[2]

The wingspan is 24–28 mm. Adults are on wing from May to August.[3]

The larvae feed on Allium species.[4]

Subspecies

  • Eupithecia alliaria alliaria
  • Eupithecia alliaria notata Dietze, 1910

References


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