Euchoeca nebulata

Euchoeca nebulata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Euchoeca
Species: E. nebulata
Binomial name
Euchoeca nebulata
Synonyms
  • Phalaena nebulata Scopoli, 1763
  • Geometra hepararia Hübner, [1799]
  • Geometra heparata [Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775
  • Phalaena obliterata Hufnagel, 1767
  • Phalaena strigata Thunberg, 1788

Euchoeca nebulata, the dingy shell, is a moth of the family Geometridae. It was described by Scopoli in 1763. It is found in the Palearctic ecozone, from Europe across Russia to Japan.[2]

The wingspan is 23–25 millimetres (0.91–0.98 in). The ground colour of the forewing is sandy brown, or orange-cream.The wings have very fine and faint darker cross-lines and creamy-brown chequered fringes There is a double curve on the termen of the hindwing.

The moth flies from April to September depending on the location.

The larvae feed on birch and alder.

References

  1. ↑ "Home of Ichneumonoidea". Taxapad. Dicky Sick Ki Yu. 1997–2012. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
  2. ↑ DAYONG XUE and MALCOLM J. SCOBLE (2002). A review of the genera associated with the tribe Asthenini (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Larentiinae). Bulletin of the Natural History Museum. Entomology Series, 71 , pp 77-133 doi:10.1017/S0968045402000044


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