Eupithecia oxycedrata

Eupithecia oxycedrata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Genus:	Eupithecia
Species:	E. oxycedrata
Binomial name
	Eupithecia oxycedrata; (Rambur, 1833)
Synonyms
	Larentia oxycedrata Rambur, 1833; Eupithecia oxycedraria Boisduval, 1840; Eupithecia provinciata Milliere, 1872; Eupithecia adscriptaria Staudinger, 1871; Eupithecia adscriptaria macedoniata Pinker, 1976;

Eupithecia oxycedrata is a 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, the Republic of Macedonia, Bulgaria, Greece, Crete, western Romania and the Crimea.^[2] It is also found in North Africa, from Morocco to Tunisia, and in Turkey. The habitat consists of dry maquis, especially where junipers grow.^[3]

The wingspan is 16-19.5 mm.^[4] 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.

References

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[1] Taxapad

[2] Fauna Europaea

[3] Notes on Geometridae of the Maltese Islands with new records (Lepidoptera: Geometridae)

[4] Lepiforum.de

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