Eupithecia gueneata

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| name = Eupithecia gueneata

| image = Eupithecia gueneata.JPG

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| genus = Eupithecia

| species = gueneata

| authority = Millière, 1862{{cite web |last=Yu |first=Dicky Sick Ki |url=http://www.taxapad.com/local.php?taxonidLC=82843802 |title=Eupithecia gueneata Milliere 1862 |website=Home of Ichneumonoidea |publisher=Taxapad |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160325021504/http://www.taxapad.com/local.php?taxonidLC=82843802 |archive-date=March 25, 2016}}

| synonyms =

• Eupithecia busambraria Ragusa, 1889

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Eupithecia gueneata is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in most of southern and eastern Europe, as well as the Near East and North Africa.[https://web.archive.org/web/20160305201835/http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=444901 Fauna Europaea]

The wingspan is about 20 mm.[http://www.lepiforum.de/cgi-bin/lepiwiki.pl?Eupithecia_gueneata Lepiforum.de] Adults are on wing from the end of June to mid August.

The larvae feed on various Apiaceae species, including Peucedanum species (including Peucedanum oreoselinum) and Pimpinella saxifraga.[http://www.euroleps.ch/seiten/s_art.php?art=geo_gueneata Euroleps.ch] Larvae can be found from July to October.