Spargania luctuata: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Geometridae
- Genus
- Spargania
- Species
- Spargania luctuata
- Scientific Name
- Spargania luctuata
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Spargania luctuata
Spargania luctuata, the white-banded carpet, is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Michael Denis and Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775. It is found throughout northern and central Europe, North Asia and North America.
The wingspan is 30–34 mm. The length of the forewings is 14–15 mm. The moth flies in two generations from the end of April to September[1].
The caterpillars feed on various species of rosebay willowherb.
...Spargania luctuata in languages:
- Bokmål
- geitramsmåler
- Czech
- píďalka vrbovková
- Danish
- Sørgemåler
- Dutch
- Witbandspanner
- English
- White-banded Carpet Moth
- Estonian
- põdrakanepivaksik
- Finnish
- surumittari
- French
- Mélanippe affligée
- German
- Schwarzweißer Weidenröschenspanner
- Hungarian
- Derécearaszoló
- Russian
- Пяденица мрачная
- Swedish
- mjölkefältmätare
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Spargania approbata
- Spargania augustaria
- Spargania aurata
- Spargania bellipicta
- Spargania caudata
- Spargania cenizata
- Spargania clementi
- Spargania coarctata
- Spargania coeruleopicta
- Spargania colorifera
- Spargania commutata
- Spargania comprobata
- Spargania continuata
- Spargania crypta
- Spargania cultata
- Spargania cyllene
- Spargania daphne
- Spargania denguera
- Spargania diversimedia
- Spargania dulciferata
- Spargania emmelesiata
- Spargania euphemia
- Spargania fallaciosa
- Spargania flavisquamata
- Spargania flavolimbaria
- Spargania flavolimbarioides
- Spargania icterica
- Spargania indentata
- Spargania intensa
- Spargania isolata
- Spargania leucocyma
- Spargania lichenea
- Spargania locuples
- Spargania luctuata
- Spargania magnoliata
- Spargania malacata
- Spargania myrtusaria
- Spargania narangilla
- Spargania nigrirubrata
- Spargania perpendiculata
- Spargania privernaria
- Spargania prospicuata
- Spargania quadripunctata
- Spargania radiosa
- Spargania rubriviridis
- Spargania rufifimbria
- Spargania rufitaeniata
- Spargania rufivena
- Spargania satanica
- Spargania schistacea
- Spargania selika
- Spargania semirufata
- Spargania subchlorata
- Spargania subcuprea
- Spargania subdecorata
- Spargania subignea
- Spargania subrubescens
- Spargania subtilisecta
- Spargania veronica
- Spargania viridescens
- Spargania viridissima
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