Eupithecia gelidata: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Geometridae
- Genus
- Eupithecia
- Species
- Eupithecia gelidata
- Scientific Name
- Eupithecia gelidata
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Eupithecia gelidata
Eupithecia gelidata is a moth of the family Geometridae. 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.
...Eupithecia gelidata in languages:
- Bokmål
- myrdvergmåler
- Czech
- píďalička rojovníková
- Estonian
- sookailu-pisivaksik
- Finnish
- pursupikkumittari
- German
- Sumpfporst-Blütenspanner
- Swedish
- skvattrammalmätare
Images from inaturalist.org observations:
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Eupithecia corroborata
- Eupithecia efferata
- Eupithecia gelidata
- Eupithecia innotata
- Eupithecia magica
- Eupithecia mitigata
- Eupithecia multistrigata
- Eupithecia myoma
- Eupithecia nanata
- Eupithecia ochridata
- Eupithecia parallelaria
- Eupithecia paupera
- Eupithecia praesignata
- Eupithecia relaxata
- Eupithecia tshimganica
- Eupithecia unedonata











