''Euchoeca'' is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae erected by

Jacob Hübner Jacob Hübner (20 June 1761 – 13 September 1826, in Augsburg) was a German entomologist. He was the author of ''Sammlung Europäischer Schmetterlinge'' (1796–1805), a founding work of entomology. Scientific career Hübner was the author of '' ...

in 1823. Its only species, ''Euchoeca nebulata'', the dingy shell, was described by Giovanni Antonio Scopoli in 1763. It is found in the Palearctic realm, from Europe across Russia to

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

. The wingspan is . The ground colour of the forewing is sandy brown or orange cream. The wings have very fine and faint darker cross lines and creamy-brown chequered fringes. There is a double curve on the termen of the hindwing.The caterpillar is green, with three lines along the dorsum, the central one dark green, and the others yellow and a purple stripe runs along under the spiracles. In another form the general colour is greyish with a reddish-brown stripe along the back, and series of spots of the same colour along the sides. The moth flies from April to September depending on the location. The larvae feed on birch and alder in damp woodland, fens and other marshy areas.

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Dingy shell on ''UKMoths''

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Asthenini Moths described in 1763 Moths of Japan Moths of Europe Moths of Asia Taxa named by Giovanni Antonio Scopoli Monotypic moth genera {{Asthenini-stub