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Colostygia multistrigaria (mottled grey)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Colostygia multistrigaria, the mottled grey, is a species of moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in western and south-western Europe and North Africa. The wingspan is 26–31 mm. The ground colour is grey mottled with brown. The forewings have a weak central band. The hindwings are pale whitish grey. Adults are on wing from March to April in one generation per year. The larvae feed on Galium species. Larvae can be found from March to June. The species overwinters in the pupal stage.
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Infraspecies

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Prey / Diet

Galium odoratum (sweetscented bedstraw)[1]
Galium saxatile (heath bedstraw)[1]

Prey / Diet Overlap

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Attributes / relations provided by
1Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0