Thera cupressata
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| Family: | Geometridae
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| Species: | T. cupressata
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| Thera cupressata (Geyer, 1831)
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Thera cupressata, the cypress carpet, is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in southern and western Europe, including Great Britain, Germany, France, Switzerland, Italy, Slovenia, Croatia, Greece and Spain.[1]
The wingspan is 28–32 mm. Adults are on wing from May to June and again from August to September in two generations per year.[2]
In southern England the larvae feed on Cupressus macrocarpa and Cupressocyparis leylandii. In France they eat Cupressus sempervirens, Cupressus macrocarpa and Juniperus sabina.
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Categories:
- Moths described in 1831
- Cidariini
- Moths of Europe
- Moths of Asia
- Taxa named by Carl Geyer
- Cidariini stubs