Epirrhoe hastulata

Epirrhoe hastulata
Epirrhoe cf. hastulata
Epirrhoe hastulata. Mounted specimen
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Genus:	Epirrhoe
Species:	E. hastulata
Binomial name
Epirrhoe hastulata (Hübner, 1790)
Synonyms
Phalaena hastulata Hubner, 1790 Geometra luctuata Hubner, 1799

Epirrhoe hastulata is a moth of the family Geometridae.

Subspecies

• Epirrhoe hastulata hastulata
• Epirrhoe hastulata reducta (Djakonov, 1929)

Distribution

This species is known from Europe, from the area between northern Scandinavia and the Alps, through the Caucasus and central Asia to the Kamchatka Peninsula and the Kuril Islands.[1]

Description

The wingspan is about 19–22 mm. Background of the wings is dark gray, with white markings and a narrow white transverse bands on the forewings. The fringes along the wing edge alternate black and white. Body is black with small white rings between the various segments.[2][3]

Biology

Adults are on wing from May to June. The larvae feed on Galium species, including Galium verum. Larvae can be found from July to August. It overwinters as a pupa.

References

1. Fauna Europaea
2. Lepiforum.de
3. Peder Skou The Geometroid Moths of North Europe (Lepidoptera: Drepanidae and Geometridae)