Cataclysme riguata

Cataclysme riguata is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found from the Iberian Peninsula through western and central Europe to the mountains of Central Asia.

Cataclysme riguata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Geometridae
Genus:
Cataclysme
Species:
C. riguata
Binomial name
Cataclysme riguata
(Hübner, 1813)[1]
Synonyms
  • Geometra riguata Hubner, 1813
  • Cataclysme elbursica Wagner, 1937
  • Cidaria festivata Staudinger, 1892

The wingspan is about 20–23 mm. Adults are on wing from the end of April to the beginning of June and again from July to August in two generations per year.

The larvae feed on Asperula cynanchica, Bellis perennis and Galium. The species overwinters as a pupa.

References
  1. Fauna Europaea


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