Eupithecia conterminata is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species can be found from Fennoscandia and the mountains of central Europe, through the Caucasus to southern Siberia.
| Eupithecia conterminata | |
|---|---|
| |
Scientific classification 
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Eupithecia |
| Species: | E. conterminata
|
| Binomial name | |
| Eupithecia conterminata | |
| Synonyms | |
| |
The wingspan is 14–17 mm. There are two generations per year with adults on wing from the mid May to June.
The larvae feed on Picea abies. Larvae can be found from the end of July to mid August. It overwinters as a pupa.
Subspecies
edit- Eupithecia conterminata conterminata
- Eupithecia conterminata idiopusillata Inoue, 1979
References
edit- ^ Eupithecia conterminata at Fauna Europaea
- ^ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Eupithecia conterminata (Lienig & Zeller 1846)". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 25, 2016.
External links
edit
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Eupithecia conterminata.
 | This Eupithecia moth related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |