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Ematurga atomaria (Common Heath Moth)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Ematurga atomaria, the common heath, is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species can be found in the Palearctic ecozone from the Iberian Peninsula in the West, Central and Eastern Europe and East to Siberia and Sakhalin. In the South, its range includes the Northern Mediterranean and the Turkish part of the Black Sea region. The moths fly in one generation from May to June. The caterpillars feed on a heather, heath and clovers.
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Predators

Dolomedes fimbriatus (Raft Spider)[2]
Tetragnatha extensa (Long-jawed Orb Weaver)[2]

Consumers

Pollinator of 
Bistorta officinalis (meadow bistort)[2]
Leucanthemum vulgare (oxeye daisy)[2]
Salix aurita (eared willow)[2]

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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
2Ecology of Commanster
3Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
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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