Anticollix sparsata
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| Species: | A. sparsata
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| Anticollix sparsata (Treitschke, 1828)
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Anticollix sparsata, the dentated pug, is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Georg Friedrich Treitschke in 1828. It is found from Europe to Japan.
The wingspan is 20–26 mm. The ground color of the forewings is light brown. The hindwing has a conspicuous toothed border. Adults are on wing from May to September in two generations.
The larvae feed on the flowers and leaves of Lysimachia vulgaris.
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