Coenotephria ablutaria explained

Coenotephria ablutaria is a species of moth in the family Geometridae. It was described by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1840. It is found in Spain, France, Italy, Austria, Switzerland, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia, Croatia, Albania, North Macedonia, Greece, Ukraine, as well as on Sardinia, Corsica, Sicily, Malta, Crete and Cyprus.[1] Outside of Europe, it is found in Asia Minor and the Near East.[2]

The wingspan is 19–27 mm.[3]

The larvae probably feed on Galium species.

Notes and References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20131203061117/http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=444688 Fauna Europaea
  2. http://euroleps.ch/seiten/s_art.php?art=geo_ablutaria&modus=pics Euroleps.ch
  3. http://www.lepiforum.de/lepiwiki.pl?Coenotephria_Ablutaria Lepiforum.de