Eupithecia selinata

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Eupithecia selinata
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Eupithecia
Species:
E. selinata
Binomial name
Eupithecia selinata

Eupithecia selinata is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found from Japan through the Amur Region, Siberia, the Urals, Caucasus and Russia to western Europe and from southern Fennoscandia to the Alps.

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The wingspan is 19–22 mm. The fore- and hindwings are dark greyish brown. There is one generation per year with adults on wing from the end of May to August.

The larvae feed on various Apiaceae species, including Aegopodium podagraria , Heracleum sphondylium , Peucedanum oreoselinum , Peucedanum palustre and Angelica sylvestris . Larvae can be found from June to September. It overwinters as a pupa.

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References

  1. Eupithecia selinata at Fauna Europaea
  2. Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Eupithecia selinata Herrich-Schaffer 1861". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 24, 2016.