''Scopula caricaria'' is a
moth of the family
Geometridae. It is found in
Spain,
Italy,
France,
Liechtenstein,
Germany,
Austria,
Switzerland
). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
,
Poland, the
Czech Republic,
Slovakia,
Hungary,
Romania,
Slovenia,
Croatia,
Bosnia and Herzegovina,
Finland,
Estonia,
Latvia
Latvia ( or ; lv, Latvija ; ltg, Latveja; liv, Leţmō), officially the Republic of Latvia ( lv, Latvijas Republika, links=no, ltg, Latvejas Republika, links=no, liv, Leţmō Vabāmō, links=no), is a country in the Baltic region of ...
, north-western
Russia,
Belarus and
Ukraine.
The
wingspan is . Adults are on wing from July to September in one generation per year. Although there is a partial second generation in the southern part of the range.
The larvae feed on ''
Centaurea'' and ''
Artemisia
Artemisia may refer to:
People
* Artemisia I of Caria (fl. 480 BC), queen of Halicarnassus under the First Persian Empire, naval commander during the second Persian invasion of Greece
* Artemisia II of Caria (died 350 BC), queen of Caria under th ...
'' species.
References
External links
Lepiforum.de
Moths described in 1853
Moths of Europe
caricaria
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