Eupithecia semigraphata

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| genus = Eupithecia

| species = semigraphata

| authority = Bruand, 1850{{cite web |last=Yu |first=Dicky Sick Ki |url=http://www.taxapad.com/local.php?taxonidLC=82843869 |title=Eupithecia semigraphata Bruand 1850 |website=Home of Ichneumonoidea |publisher=Taxapad |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160324204159/http://www.taxapad.com/local.php?taxonidLC=82843869 |archive-date=March 24, 2016}}

| synonyms =

• Tephroclystia nepetata

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Eupithecia semigraphata is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found from most of Europe (except the Netherlands, Ireland, Great Britain, Denmark, Fennoscandia, the Baltic region and Portugal)[https://web.archive.org/web/20160304234002/http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=444964 Fauna Europaea] to the Caucasus and Armenia. It is also present on the Canary Islands and North Africa.

The wingspan is about 18–20 mm.[http://www.lepiforum.de/cgi-bin/lepiwiki_vgl.pl?Eupithecia_semigraphata Lepiforum.de] Adults are on wing from late June to August in one generation per year.

The larvae feed on the flowers of Calamintha (including Calamintha nepeta and Calamintha sylvatica), Hypericum, Origanum[http://www.euroleps.ch/seiten/s_art.php?art=geo_semigraphata Euroleps.ch] and Thymus species.[http://www.lepinet.fr/especes/nation/lep/?e=p&id=35380 Les Carnets du Lépidoptériste Français] The species overwinters in the pupal stage.