Eupithecia schiefereri

Eupithecia schiefereri is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found from North Africa through central Spain, southern France, the central and southern Alps, Italy and the southern Balkan Peninsula to eastern Turkey and northern Iran.[2]

Eupithecia schiefereri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Eupithecia
Species:
E. schiefereri
Binomial name
Eupithecia schiefereri
Bohatsch, 1893[1]

The wingspan is 18–24 mm.[3] Adults are on wing from April to June.

The larvae feed on Saponaria[4] and Silene species. Larvae can be found from May to September. The species overwinters in the pupal stage.[5]

References
  1. Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Eupithecia schiefereri Bohatsch 1893". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on September 29, 2018.
  2. Fauna Europaea
  3. Lepiforum.de
  4. Les Carnets du Lépidoptériste Français
  5. Schmetterlinge und ihre Ökologie


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