''Eupithecia fennoscandica'' is a
moth of the family
Geometridae. It is known from northern
Fennoscandia
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Fennoscandia (Finnish language, Finnish, Swedish language, Swedish and no, Fennoskandia, nocat=1; russian: Фенноскандия, Fennoskandiya) or the Fennoscandian Peninsula is the geographical peninsula in Europe, which includes ...
and adjacent
Russia,
Siberia and northern
Mongolia.
The
wingspan is 17–21 mm. There is one generation per year with adults on wing in July.
The larvae feed on ''
Viscaria alpina
''Silene suecica'' (also known as ''Viscaria alpina'') is a species of plant in the family Caryophyllaceae. Its common name is red Alpine catchfly and its natural habitat is the mountains of Norway and Sweden but it is sometimes found near the co ...
''. Larvae can be found from mid July to mid August. It overwinters as a pupa.
References
External links
Swedish Moths
Moths described in 1949
fennoscandica
Moths of Europe
Moths of Asia
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