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.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Eupithecia |
| Species: | E. impurata
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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
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- Eupithecia impurata badeniata Schutze, 1952
- Eupithecia impurata franconiata Schutze, 1956
- Eupithecia impurata germanicata Schutze, 1952
- Eupithecia impurata gremmingerata Schutze, 1952
- Eupithecia impurata langeata Schutze, 1952
- Eupithecia impurata thuringiata Schutze, 1956
- Eupithecia impurata westfalicata Weigt, 1982
References
edit- ^ Fauna Europaea
- ^ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Eupithecia impurata (Hubner 1813)". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 24, 2016.
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