Eupithecia gelidata

Eupithecia gelidata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Genus:	Eupithecia
Species:	E. gelidata
Binomial name
Eupithecia gelidata Möschler, 1860[1][2]
Synonyms
Eupithecia lagganata Taylor, 1910 Eupithecia compactata Taylor, 1910 Eupithecia nordeggensis Cassino & Swett, 1922 Eupithecia hyperboreata Staudinger, 1861 Tephroclystia flebilis Hulst, 1900

Eupithecia gelidata is a moth of the Geometridae family. It is known from northern North America, Greenland, northern Russia, Scandinavia and northern central Europe.

The wingspan is 17–22 mm. There is one generation per year with adults on wing from June to mid July.

The larvae feed on Rhododendron tomentosum but possibly also other plants, because the species has been found in areas of Norway and Sweden where R. tomentosum is not present. Larvae can be found from mid July to August. It overwinters as a pupa.

Subspecies

• Eupithecia gelidata gelidata
• Eupithecia gelidata hyperboreata Staudinger, 1861 (Europe, northern Russia, Greenland)

References

1. Eupithecia gelidata at Fauna Europaea
2. Taxapad