Isturgia disputaria
| Maltese bloom | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Isturgia |
| Species: | I. disputaria
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| Binomial name | |
| Isturgia disputaria (Guenée, [1858])
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Isturgia disputaria, the Maltese bloom, is a moth of the family Geometridae. It was described by Achille Guenée in 1858. It is found on the Canary Islands and Malta[1] and in the Afrotropical realm, Asian Turkey, the Caucasus, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Lebanon, Syria, Israel, Jordan, Egypt, the Arabian Peninsula, Iran and Iraq.[2]
The wingspan is 21–29 mm (0.8–1.1 in). Adults have been recorded on wing from April to May.
The larvae feed on Acacia species, including Acacia nilotica.
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