Eupithecia oxycedrata

{{Short description|Species of moth}}

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| image = Eupithecia oxycedrata 002.jpg

| genus = Eupithecia

| species = oxycedrata

| authority = (Rambur, 1833){{cite web |last=Yu |first=Dicky Sick Ki |url=http://www.taxapad.com/local.php?taxonidLC=82855545 |title=Eupithecia oxycedrata (Rambur 1833) |website=Home of Ichneumonoidea |publisher=Taxapad |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160324231023/http://www.taxapad.com/local.php?taxonidLC=82855545 |archive-date=March 24, 2016}}

| synonyms =

• Larentia oxycedrata Rambur, 1833
• Eupithecia oxycedraria Boisduval, 1840
• Eupithecia provinciata Milliere, 1872
• Eupithecia adscriptaria Staudinger, 1871
• Eupithecia adscriptaria macedoniata Pinker, 1976

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Eupithecia oxycedrata is a species of moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in Spain, southern Portugal, the Balearic Islands, southern France, Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily, Malta, Italy, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Bulgaria, Greece, Crete, western Romania and the Crimea.[https://web.archive.org/web/20160304200350/http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=444813 Fauna Europaea] It is also found in North Africa, from Morocco to Tunisia, and in Turkey. The habitat consists of dry maquis, especially where junipers grow.[https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:UmUTYJian6oJ:redalyc.uaemex.mx/pdf/455/45514112.pdf+Eupithecia+oxycedrata&hl=nl&gl=nl&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEEShi1pwUDPZcT35RoyiIQxUmZfR96F0QkqmDw-HsBalkQn-z0qA2y6kmAVC2ZGGhQbhGhzI0-Zf_f3BbjIPK19Jn_hwPVqm3wtXxsxa4Rl7UKsioUzp1vWwcqq2Ki8v9RXeS3bgt&sig=AHIEtbQwvmX8Y2uxFXZtq4iObRM_fHXvhg Notes on Geometridae of the Maltese Islands with new records (Lepidoptera: Geometridae)]

The wingspan is 16-19.5 mm.[http://www.lepiforum.de/cgi-bin/lepiwiki_vgl.pl?Eupithecia_Oxycedrata Lepiforum.de] There are two generations per year, with adults on wing from early April to late June and again from early September to mid October.

The larvae feed on the needles and flowers of Juniperus oxycedrus.