Eupithecia thalictrata

{{Short description|Species of moth}}

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| genus = Eupithecia

| species = thalictrata

| authority = (Püngeler, 1902){{cite web |last=Yu |first=Dicky Sick Ki |url=http://www.taxapad.com/local.php?taxonidLC=82856753 |title=Eupithecia thalictrata (Pungeler 1902) |website=Home of Ichneumonoidea |publisher=Taxapad |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160324184436/http://www.taxapad.com/local.php?taxonidLC=82856753 |archive-date=March 24, 2016}}

| synonyms =

  • Tephroclystia thalictrata Püngeler, 1902

}}

Eupithecia thalictrata is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found from Europe (France, Switzerland, Austria, Italy, Poland, Lithuania and Estonia)[https://web.archive.org/web/20160304225111/http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=444941 Fauna Europaea] to the eastern Palearctic realm.

Image:Eupithecia thalictrata larva.JPG

The wingspan is 18–20 mm. Adults are on wing from April to June.[http://www.euroleps.ch/seiten/s_art.php?art=geo_thalictrata Euroleps.ch]

The larvae feed on Thalictrum species[http://www.lepiforum.de/cgi-bin/lepiwiki_vgl.pl?Eupithecia_thalictrata Lepiforum.de] (including Thalictrum foetidum and Thalictrum minus).[http://www.lepinet.fr/especes/nation/lep/?e=p&id=35161 Les Carnets du Lépidoptériste Français] Larvae can be found from June to July.

Subspecies

  • Eupithecia thalictrata thalictrata
  • Eupithecia thalictrata ijimai Inoue, 1963 (Russian Far East, Japan)

References