Colostygia turbata is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found from the mountains of Europe[1] to the Altai, as well as the Kamchatka Peninsula and Canada.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Colostygia |
| Species: | C. turbata
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| Colostygia turbata (Hübner, 1799)
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The wingspan is 24–27 millimetres (0.94–1.06 in). Adults are in wing from June to July.
The larvae feed on Galium palustre. Larvae can be found from June to July. It overwinters in the larval stage.
Subspecies
edit- Colostygia turbata turbata (Alps, south-eastern Europe)
- Colostygia turbata fuscolimbata Tengstrom, 1875 (northern Europe)
- Colostygia turbata pyrenaearia Oberthur, 1882 (Pyrenees)
- Colostygia turbata altaicata (Djakonov, 1926) (Altai, Sayan Mountains, Buryatia, Kamchatka)
- Colostygia turbata circumvallaria (Taylor, 1906) (Canada)
References
edit- ^ "Colostygia turbata (Hübner, 1799)". 2.6.2. Fauna Europaea. 29 August 2013. Archived from the original on March 12, 2017. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
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