Eupithecia undata is a moth in the family Geometridae first described by Christian Friedrich Freyer in 1840. The North American Moth Photographers Group lists it as a synonym of Eupithecia lafontaineata. It is found in the Pyrenees, Alps, the Massif Central, the Tatra mountains, on the Balkan Peninsula and in Romania.[3] It is also found in North America, where it has been recorded from Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, Colorado, Nevada and Oregon.[4]
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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. undata
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The wingspan is 17–18 mm.[5] Adults have been recorded on wing from mid-May to July in Europe.
The larvae feed on Silene and Minuartia species and Gypsophila repens. Larvae can be found from the end of June to mid-August. The species overwinters in the pupal stage.[6]
Subspecies
edit- Eupithecia undata undata
- Eupithecia undata abruzzensis Dietze, 1913
References
edit- ^ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Eupithecia undata Freyer 1840". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 25, 2016.
- ^ "910387.00 – 7548.1 – Eupithecia lafontaineata – Bolte, 199". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved May 3, 2019.
- ^ Fauna Europaea
- ^ Rindge, Frederick H. (July 25, 1963). "Notes on and descriptions of North American Eupithecia (Lepidoptera, Geometridae)" (PDF). American Museum Novitates (2147): 1–23.
- ^ Lepiforum e.V.
- ^ "Eupithecia undata Freyer, 1840". Schmetterlinge und ihre Ökologie. Retrieved May 3, 2019. (in German)
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