Idaea mancipiata
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Idaea mancipiata is a moth
of the family Geometridae. It is found in Europe
und western Asia
.
The wingspan
is 15-20 mm for the first generation and 14-16 mm for the second generation. Adults are on wing from the beginning of May to the end of June and again from the beginning of August to the end of October. There are two generations per year.
Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...
of the family Geometridae. It is found in Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
und western Asia
Asia
Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...
.
The wingspan
Wingspan
The wingspan of an airplane or a bird, is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777 has a wingspan of about ; and a Wandering Albatross caught in 1965 had a wingspan of , the official record for a living bird.The term wingspan, more technically extent, is...
is 15-20 mm for the first generation and 14-16 mm for the second generation. Adults are on wing from the beginning of May to the end of June and again from the beginning of August to the end of October. There are two generations per year.
Subspecies
- Idaea manciapiata manciapiata (southern France, Spain)
- Idaea manciapiata repagulata (Prout, 1913) (Ukraine (Crimea) to the Ural and from northern Iran to the Caucasus)