Eupithecia thalictrata explained

Eupithecia thalictrata is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found from Europe (France, Switzerland, Austria, Italy, Poland, Lithuania and Estonia)^[1] to the eastern Palearctic realm.

The wingspan is 18–20 mm. Adults are on wing from April to June.^[2]

The larvae feed on Thalictrum species^[3] (including Thalictrum foetidum and Thalictrum minus).^[4] Larvae can be found from June to July.

Subspecies

• Eupithecia thalictrata thalictrata
• Eupithecia thalictrata ijimai Inoue, 1963 (Russian Far East, Japan)

Notes and References

1. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304225111/http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=444941 Fauna Europaea
2. http://www.euroleps.ch/seiten/s_art.php?art=geo_thalictrata Euroleps.ch
3. http://www.lepiforum.de/cgi-bin/lepiwiki_vgl.pl?Eupithecia_thalictrata Lepiforum.de
4. http://www.lepinet.fr/especes/nation/lep/?e=p&id=35161 Les Carnets du Lépidoptériste Français