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Dyscia conspersaria

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Geometridae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Dyscia

Dyscia conspersaria

Similar
  
Dyscia fagaria, Selenia, Ennomos, Ennominae

Dyscia conspersaria is a moth of the Geometridae family. It is found in south-eastern Central Europe and Asia Minor.

The wingspan is 28–33 mm. Adults are on wing from May to July in one generation per year.

The larvae feed on the leaves of Salvia and Artemisia species. The species overwinters in the pupal stage.

Subspecies

  • Drysia conspersaria conspersaria
  • Drysia conspersaria sultanica Wehrli, 1936 (Asia Minor)
  • Drysia conspersaria turturaria (Boisduval, 1840) (France)
  • References

    Dyscia conspersaria Wikipedia