Lithostege fissurata

Lithostege fissurata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Lithostege
Species:
L. fissurata
Binomial name
Lithostege fissurata
Mabille, [1888][1]
Synonyms
  • Lithostege inanis Prout in Seitz, 1941
  • Lithostege fitzgeraldi Wiltshire, 1947

Lithostege fissurata is a moth of the family Geometridae. It was described by Jules Paul Mabille in 1888. It is found from western Algeria to Libya, south-eastern Egypt and Israel and from Saudi Arabia to south-eastern Iran and southern Iraq. It is also found on Malta.[2]

The wingspan is 19–28 mm. Adults are on wing from early March to early May and from mid-February to mid-March.

Subspecies

  • Lithostege fissurata fissurata
  • Lithostege fissurata inanis Prout in Seitz, 1941 (Saudi Arabia to south-eastern Iran and southern Iraq)

References

  1. ^ Fauna Europaea
  2. ^ Lithostege fissurata Mabille, [1888] from Malta, new for the Fauna of Europe Archived 2013-12-03 at the Wayback Machine
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