Apochima flabellaria
| Apochima flabellaria | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Apochima |
| Species: | A. flabellaria |
| Binomial name | |
| Apochima flabellaria (Heeger, [1838]) | |
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Apochima flabellaria is a moth of the Geometridae family. It was described by Heeger in 1838. It is found in North Africa, Spain, Italy, Bulgaria, the Republic of Macedonia, Greece, Ukraine, Russia, Turkey and the Near East, as well as on Sardinia, Sicily, Malta, Crete and Cyprus.[1]
The wingspan is 34–39 mm for males and 32–41 mm for females. Adults are on wing from November to April.[2]
The larvae feed on Taraxacum and Senecio species.[3]
References
- ↑ Fauna Europaea
- ↑ lepidoptera.pl Archived December 3, 2013, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa
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