Psychophora sabini is a moth

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 Geometridae family. It is found in northern Europe

Europe

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, Asia

Asia

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 and northern North America

North America

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, including Greenland

Greenland

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. The habitat

Habitat

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 consists of rocky heath

Heath

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, mostly above 1,000 meters above sealevel.

The wingspan

Wingspan

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 is 22-29 mm. Adults are on wing in July. They feed on flower nectar of various flowers, but mainly Silene acaulis.

The larva

Larva

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e feed on Vaccinium myrtillus

Vaccinium myrtillus

Vaccinium myrtillus is an almost Holarctic species of shrub with edible fruit, usually simply referred to as "bilberry" or "whortleberry". It is more precidely called Common Bilberry or Blue Whortleberry, to distinguish it from its Vaccinium relatives...

. Larvae can be found from August to June. It overwinters as a larva.

Subspecies

• Psychophora sabini sabini (North America)
• Psychophora sabini frigidaria (Guenee, 1858)
• Psychophora sabini polaris Hulst, 1903