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Perizoma obsoletata

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Geometridae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Perizoma

Perizoma obsoletata

Perizoma obsoletata is a species of moth of the Geometridae family. It is found in the Pyrenees, the Massif Central, the Apennine Mountains, on Corsica, in the Alps and Swiss Prealps, the Jura Mountains, the Black Forest, the Swabian Jura, the Sudetes, the High Tatras, the Carpathian Mountains and the mountains of the Balkan Peninsula.

The wingspan is 22–26 mm. The ground colour of the forewings varies from white to grey. There is one generation per year with adults on wing from the June to August.

The larvae feed on Gentiana lutea, Gentiana punctata, Gentiana pannonica, Gentiana purpurea and Gentiana asclepiadea. The larvae can be found in August and September. The species overwinters in the pupal stage.

Subspecies

  • Perizoma obsoletata obsoletata
  • Perizoma obsoletata avilaria Reisser, 1936 (Spain)
  • References

    Perizoma obsoletata Wikipedia