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Malacodea regelaria

Wikipedia Abstract

Malacodea regelaria is a moth of the Geometridae family and only species in the Malacodea genus. It is found from Fennoscandia and Estonia to northern Siberia. The wingspan is 25–31 mm for males. Females are wingless. Adults are on wing from April to May in one generation per year. The larvae feed on Picea abies. Larvae can be found in July. The species overwinters as a pupa.
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Grinduga 75 Sweden  
Tyresta-Åva 8080 Sweden  

Prey / Diet

Abies clanbrassiliana (Norway spruce)[1]
Larix sibirica (Siberian larch)[1]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Tetrao urogallus (Western Capercaillie)1

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
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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