Isturgia disputaria explained

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 NaNmm. Adults have been recorded on wing from April to May.

The larvae feed on Acacia species, including Acacia nilotica.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20131203055438/http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=446279 . Fauna Europaea. 2013-12-03.
  2. http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=45518193005 Isturgia disputaria (Guenée, 1858), a species new to the Lepidoptera fauna of the Maltese Islands (Lepidoptera: Geometridae, Ennominae)