Isturgia disputaria

Maltese bloom
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Geometridae
Genus:Isturgia
Species: I. disputaria
Binomial name
Isturgia disputaria
(Guenée, [1858])
Synonyms
  • Eubolia disputaria Guenée, [1858]

Isturgia disputaria, the Maltese bloom, is a moth of the family Geometridae. It was described by Achille Guenée in 1858. It is found on the Canary Islands and Malta[1] and in the Afrotropical realm, Asian Turkey, the Caucasus, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Lebanon, Syria, Israel, Jordan, Egypt, the Arabian Peninsula, Iran and Iraq.[2]

The wingspan is 21–29 mm. Adults have been recorded on wing from April to May.

The larvae feed on Acacia species, including Acacia nilotica.

References

  1. ↑ Fauna Europaea
  2. ↑ Isturgia disputaria (Guenée, 1858), a species new to the Lepidoptera fauna of the Maltese Islands (Lepidoptera: Geometridae, Ennominae)


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