Holoterpna pruinosata

Holoterpna pruinosata is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Otto Staudinger in 1898. It is found in Italy, North Macedonia,[2] Turkey, the Levant and possibly western Iran.

Holoterpna pruinosata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Holoterpna
Species:
H. pruinosata
Binomial name
Holoterpna pruinosata
Synonyms
  • Eucrostis pruinosata Staudinger, 1898
  • Holoterpna foulquieri Oberthur, 1910

The larvae feed on Ferulago campestris and Foeniculum species. They are yellow with crimson/purple transverse strips.[3]

References

  1. Pitkin, Linda M.; Han, Hongxiang; James, Shayleen (June 11, 2007). "Moths of the tribe Pseudoterpnini (Geometridae: Geometrinae): a review of the genera" (PDF). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 150 (2): 334–412. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00287.x. Archived from the original on April 25, 2012.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. Fauna Europaea
  3. Savela, Markku. "Holoterpna pruinosata (Staudinger, 1898)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved April 16, 2019.


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