Eupithecia graphata explained

Eupithecia graphata is a moth in the family Geometridae. bIt was described by Treitschke in 1828. It is found in most of southern and eastern Europe, as well as the Near East.^[1]

The wingspan is 17–.^[2] Adults are on wing from April to May and again from July to August.

The larvae feed on Minuartia and Gypsophila species, as well as Jurinea mollis^[3] and Spergularia segetalis.^[4] Larvae can be found in July and August.^[5]

Subspecies

• Eupithecia graphata graphata
• Eupithecia graphata albofasciata Staudinger, 1879
• Eupithecia graphata hesperia Wehrli, 1926
• Eupithecia graphata olympica Tuleschkov, 1951
• Eupithecia graphata setaceata Dietze, 1903
• Eupithecia graphata sproengertsi Dietze, 1910

Notes and References

1. https://web.archive.org/web/20151222145122/http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=444855 Fauna Europaea
2. http://www.lepiforum.de/cgi-bin/lepiwiki.pl?Eupithecia_graphata Lepiforum.de
3. http://www.macrolepidoptera.hu/lepke/Eupithecia-graphata_hun Magyar Lepkészeti Egyesület
4. http://www.lepinet.fr/especes/nation/lep/?e=p&id=35490 Les Carnets du Lépidoptériste Français
5. http://www.euroleps.ch/seiten/s_art.php?art=geo_graphata Euroleps.ch