Eupithecia impurata

Eupithecia impurata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Genus:	Eupithecia
Species:	E. impurata
Binomial name
Eupithecia impurata (Hübner, 1813) [1] [2]
Synonyms
Geometra impurataHübner, 1813 Geometra modicataHubner, 1813 Larentia proluariaFreyer, 1852

Eupithecia impurata is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found from the mountainous areas of western, eastern and southern Europe up to Western Asia.

The wingspan is 19–24 mm. Adults are on wing from May to August and again from September to October in two generations per year.

The larvae feed on the flowers and fruit of Campanula cespitosa , Campanula cochleariifolia and Campanula rotundifolia .

Subspecies

• Eupithecia impurata impurata
• Eupithecia impurata badeniataSchutze, 1952
• Eupithecia impurata franconiataSchutze, 1956
• Eupithecia impurata germanicataSchutze, 1952
• Eupithecia impurata gremmingerataSchutze, 1952
• Eupithecia impurata langeataSchutze, 1952
• Eupithecia impurata thuringiataSchutze, 1956
• Eupithecia impurata westfalicataWeigt, 1982

References

1. Fauna Europaea
2. Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Eupithecia impurata (Hubner 1813)". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 24, 2016.

External links

• Lepiforum.de
• schmetterlinge-deutschlands.de Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine