Eupithecia undata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Eupithecia
Species:
E. undata
Binomial name
Eupithecia undata
(Freyer, 1840)[1][2]
Synonyms
  • Eupithecia scriptaria Herrich-Schäffer, 1847

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]

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

  • Eupithecia undata undata
  • Eupithecia undata abruzzensis Dietze, 1913

References

  1. ↑ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Eupithecia undata Freyer 1840". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 25, 2016.
  2. ↑ "910387.00 – 7548.1 – Eupithecia lafontaineata – Bolte, 199". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved May 3, 2019.
  3. ↑ Fauna Europaea
  4. ↑ Rindge, Frederick H. (July 25, 1963). "Notes on and descriptions of North American Eupithecia (Lepidoptera, Geometridae)" (PDF). American Museum Novitates (2147): 1–23.
  5. ↑ Lepiforum e.V.
  6. ↑ "Eupithecia undata Freyer, 1840". Schmetterlinge und ihre Ökologie. Retrieved May 3, 2019. (in German)


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