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Eupithecia tantillaria

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sub-marginal line and a chequered wing fringe. The hindwings are pale white with brown crosslines and a small black discal spot. Both forewings and hindwings are narrow. Darkened specimens with less distinctive pattern occur. The caterpillars are light brown to chocolate brown coloured and have a wide dark dorsal stripe. As a result, they resemble dead, dried-up needles and are thus inconspicuous on their host trees and well protected from predators.
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is 16–19 millimetres (0.63–0.75 in). The ground colour of the forewings is light grey. There is a distinct, usually stretched discal spot and dark grey to brownish wavy crosslines, which continue on the rear wings. There are darker patches along the costal edge of the forewing, a paler white
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species, a reliable determination by specialists should be made, and a genital morphological analysis is also recommended for a clear assignment.
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also lives in coniferous forests and has similar drawing elements to
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The moths flies from April to July depending on the location.
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Prout, L. B. (1912–16). Geometridae. In A. Seitz (ed.)
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The distribution ranges from western Europe and the
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Scientific classification
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Eukaryota
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Geometridae
Eupithecia
Binomial name
Boisduval
Synonyms
moth
Geometridae
Jean Baptiste Boisduval
Palearctic realm
British Isles
Ukraine
Georgia
Russia
Russian Far East
Altai Mountains
Fennoscandia
Sápmi
Italy
Balkans
Turkey
Asia Minor
Caucasus

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