Lythria cruentaria is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species can be found in Europe.
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| Species: | L. cruentaria
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| Lythria cruentaria (Hufnagel, 1767)
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The length of the forewings is 9–13 mm. The moths fly in two or three generations from the end of April to the end of September. [1].
The caterpillars feed on sorrel and sheep's sorrel.
Notes
edit- ^ The flight season refers to the Belgium and the Netherlands. This may vary in other parts of the range.
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