Entephria flavicinctata
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The Yellow-ringed Carpet (Entephria flavicinctata) is a moth
of the Geometridae family. It is found in the mountainous areas of Europe
and the Near East
.
The wingspan
is 27–39 mm. Adults are on wing from June to August and sometimes also in May.
The larvae feed on Saxifraga and Sedum
species. The species probably overwinters in the larval stage.
Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...
of the Geometridae family. It is found in the mountainous areas of Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
and the Near East
Near East
The Near East is a geographical term that covers different countries for geographers, archeologists, and historians, on the one hand, and for political scientists, economists, and journalists, on the other...
.
The wingspan
Wingspan
The wingspan of an airplane or a bird, is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777 has a wingspan of about ; and a Wandering Albatross caught in 1965 had a wingspan of , the official record for a living bird.The term wingspan, more technically extent, is...
is 27–39 mm. Adults are on wing from June to August and sometimes also in May.
The larvae feed on Saxifraga and Sedum
Sedum
Sedum is a large genus of flowering plants in the family Crassulaceae, members of which are commonly known as stonecrops. It contains around 400 species of leaf succulents that are found throughout the Northern Hemisphere, varying from annual and creeping herbs to shrubs. The plants have...
species. The species probably overwinters in the larval stage.
Subspecies
- Entephria flavicinctata flavicinctata (Europe)
- Entephria flavicinctata corsaria Schawerda, 1928
- Entephria flavicinctata elbrusensis Tikhonov, 1994 (northern Caucasus, Dagestan)
- Entephria flavicinctata ruficinctata Guenee, 1858
- Entephria flavicinctata septentrionalis Warnecke, 1934 (Fennoscandia)
- Entephria flavicinctata veletaria Wehrli, 1926