Minoa murinata

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Minoa murinata
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Minoa
Species:
M. murinata
Binomial name
Minoa murinata
Synonyms
  • Phalaena murinataScopoli, 1763
  • Minoa cyparissariaMann, 1854
  • Geometra euphorbiataDenis & Schiffermüller, 1775
  • Phalaena fuscataHufnagel, 1767
  • Acidalia italicataMilliere, 1885
  • Minoa monochroariaHerrich-Schäffer, 1848
  • Phalaena sordiataLinnaeus, 1767
  • Phalaena unicolorataHubner, 1787

Minoa murinata, the drab looper, is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Giovanni Antonio Scopoli in his 1763 Entomologia Carniolica . It can be found in southern and central Europe, Great Britain, Anatolia, the Caucasus and the mountains of central Asia and Mongolia.

Contents

The wingspan is 14–18 mm. The length of the forewings is 9–11 mm. The moths fly from June to August depending on the location.

The larvae feed on cypress spurge and wood spurge.

Subspecies

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References

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