Compsoptera jourdanaria

Compsoptera jourdanaria
Female
Male
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Compsoptera
Species:
C. jourdanaria
Binomial name
Compsoptera jourdanaria
(Serres, 1826)
Synonyms
  • Geometra jourdanaria Serres, 1826
  • Prosopolopha anargyra Turati, 1913
  • Ligia acutaria Herrich-Schaffer, 1852

Compsoptera jourdanaria is a moth of the family Geometridae. It was described by Serres in 1826. It is found in France, Spain, Portugal and on Sardinia and Corsica.[1]

The wingspan is 30–36 mm for males and 29–39 mm for females. Adults are on wing from September to October.

The larvae feed on Santolina, Thymus, Helichrysum and Dorycnium species.[2]

Subspecies

According to BioLib :

  • Compsoptera jourdanaria anargyra (Turati, 1913)
  • Compsoptera jourdanaria jourdanaria (Serres, 1826)

References

  1. ^ Fauna Europaea
  2. ^ Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa


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