Holoterpna pruinosata

Holoterpna pruinosata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Holoterpna
Species: H. pruinosata
Binomial name
Holoterpna pruinosata
(Staudinger, 1898)[1]
Synonyms
  • Eucrostis pruinosata Staudinger, 1898
  • Holoterpna foulquieri Oberthur, 1910

Holoterpna pruinosata is a moth of the Geometridae family. It is found in Italy, the Republic of Macedonia,[2] Turkey, the Levant and possibly western Iran.

The larvae feed on Ferulago campestris and Foeniculum species. They are yellow with crimson/purple transverse strips.[3]

References

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  1. Pitkin, Linda M. ; Hongxiang Han & Shayleen James, 2007, Moths of the tribe Pseudoterpnini (Geometridae: Geometrinae): a review of the genera, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 150: 343-412. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00287.x
  2. Fauna Europaea
  3. Holoterpna at funet


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