Euchoeca nebulata
| Euchoeca nebulata | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Euchoeca |
| Species: | E. nebulata |
| Binomial name | |
| Euchoeca nebulata (Scopoli, 1763)[1] | |
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The Dingy Shell (Euchoeca nebulata) is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in the Palearctic ecozone, from Europe across Russia to Japan.[2]
The wingspan is 23–25 mm.The ground colour of the forewing is sandy brown, or orange-cream.The wings have very fine and faint darker cross-lines and creamy-brown chequered fringes There is a double curve on the termen of the hindwing.
The moth flies from April to September depending on the location.
The larvae feed on Birch and Alder.
References
- ↑ "Home of Ichneumonoidea". Taxapad. Dicky Sick Ki Yu. 1997–2012. Retrieved 2013.
- ↑ DAYONG XUE and MALCOLM J. SCOBLE (2002). A review of the genera associated with the tribe Asthenini (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Larentiinae). Bulletin of The Natural History Museum. Entomology Series, 71 , pp 77-133 doi:10.1017/S0968045402000044
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