Eupithecia breviculata (Donzel, 1837) is a animal in the Geometridae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Eupithecia breviculata (Donzel, 1837)

Eupithecia breviculata (Donzel, 1837)

Eupithecia breviculata is a two-generation Geometridae moth found across parts of Europe, North Africa, and western Asia.

Family
Genus
Eupithecia
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Eupithecia breviculata (Donzel, 1837)

Eupithecia breviculata (Donzel, 1837) is a species of moth in the family Geometridae. This moth is distributed in the Mediterranean region, Switzerland, Hungary, the Near East, North Africa, Iran, and Turkmenistan. It has a wingspan of 15 to 20 millimeters. Adults produce two generations per year, and are active on the wing from April to June, and again from July to August. The larvae of Eupithecia breviculata feed on the flowers of plants in the Peucedanum and Pimpinella genera. This species overwinters in its pupal stage.

Photo: (c) Paolo Mazzei, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Paolo Mazzei · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Geometridae Eupithecia

More from Geometridae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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