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Selidosema brunnearia (bordered grey)

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Wikipedia Abstract

The Bordered Grey (Selidosema brunnearia) is a moth of the Geometridae family. It is found in Central and Southern Europe, Asia Minor, Transcaucasia and North Africa. The wingspan is 37–43 mm.Brown or purple-brown with dark discal dots or spots, the lines and distal band usually indicated on the forewing, but very variably, the lines wanting on the hindwing. Female much smaller-winged than male, with stout abdomen, moderately well marked. - pyrenaearia Bsd. has a very strongly expressed dark median line but the dark marginal band obsolescent. Pyrenees and Spain. - pallidaria Stgr. is a very weakly marked, cinereous whitish form from Sicily, Dalmatia, etc.- syriacaria Stgr.shows a similar pale ground-colour but the discal spots, median line of forewing and submarginal bands are well develop
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Calluna vulgaris (heather)[1]
Erica cinerea (Scotch heath)[1]
Erica tetralix (crossleaf heath)[1]
Lotus corniculatus (birdfoot deervetch)[1]
Ononis spinosa procurrens (Restharrow)[1]

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1Biological 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