Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Geometridae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Eupithecia | |
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Eupithecia unedonata is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in Spain, France, Italy, Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily, Malta, Greece, Crete, Rhodes, North Africa (Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt), Israel, Lebanon, Turkey and Transcaucasia.
The wingspan is 18–21 mm. There are two generations per year
The larvae feed on Arbutus unedo, Thymelaea hirsuta and Rhus tripartita. The species overwinters in the pupal stage, within a cocoon in the ground.
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