Eupithecia carpophagata

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| name = Eupithecia carpophagata

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| genus = Eupithecia

| species = carpophagata

| authority = Staudinger, 1871{{cite web |last=Yu |first=Dicky Sick Ki |url=http://www.taxapad.com/local.php?taxonidLC=82856745 |title=Eupithecia carpophagata Staudinger 1871 |website=Home of Ichneumonoidea |publisher=Taxapad |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160325022644/http://www.taxapad.com/local.php?taxonidLC=82856745 |archive-date=March 25, 2016}}

| synonyms =

• Acidalia cassandrata Milliere, 1874
• Tephroclystia benacaria Dannehl, 1933

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Eupithecia carpophagata is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in the mountains of Europe, including the eastern Pyrenees, the central and southern part of the Alps, the Massif Central, the central Apennines and the Balkan Peninsula.[https://web.archive.org/web/20151208130547/http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=444782 Fauna Europaea]

The wingspan is about 22 mm.[http://www.lepiforum.de/cgi-bin/lepiwiki.pl?Eupithecia_Carpophagata Lepiforum.de]

The larvae feed on Silene species, including Silene cordifolia, Silene saxifraga and Silene rupestris. Larvae can be found from the end of June to September. The species overwinters in the pupal stage.[http://www.pyrgus.de/Eupithecia_carpophagata.html Schmetterlinge und ihre Ökologie]