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Euphyia unangulata (sharp-angled carpet)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Euphyia unangulata, the sharp-angled carpet, is a moth of the Geometridae family. It is found from most of Europe to Japan and the Kamchatka Peninsula. It shares its common name with the similarly coloured Neoarctic, Euphyia intermediata. The wingspan is 25–28 mm.The forewing has a brownish central band. The white outer edge of this band is sharply angled. There is also a narrow white line in the basal area of the forewings. There are 2 dark discal spots in the central area of the band. Adults are on wing from mid April to August. There are two generations per year.
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Infraspecies

Protected Areas

Prey / Diet

Impatiens aurella (paleyellow touch-me-not)[1]
Rubus idaeus (Raspberry)[2]
Stellaria media (chickweed)[1]
Tropaeolum majus (nasturtium)[1]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Full list (119)
Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Lithophane socia (pale pinion)2
Xestia baja (Dotted Clay)2
Xestia triangulum (Square-spotted Clay)2

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
2Biological 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