Entephria polata

Entephria polata is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Philogène Auguste Joseph Duponchel in 1830. It is found from Fennoscandia to north-eastern Siberia. It is also present in northern North America.

Entephria polata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Geometridae
Genus:
Entephria
Species:
E. polata
Binomial name
Entephria polata
(Duponchel, 1830)[1]
Synonyms
  • Larentia polata Duponchel, 1830

The wingspan is 23–32 millimetres (0.91–1.26 in). Adults are on wing in July.

The larval food plants were unknown for a long time. But Itämies and Várkonyi reported (in 1997) the larvae on Empetrum nigrum ssp. hermaphroditum. The larvae were observed to live on the buds of the plant in early summer. Several pupa of this species have been found in a web under rocks.

Subspecies
  • Entephria polata polata
  • Entephria polata transsibirica Vasilenko, 1990
  • Entephria polata brullei (Lefebvre, 1836)
  • Entephria polata bradorata (Munroe, 1951)
  • Entephria polata ursata (Munroe, 1951)
  • Entephria polata kidluitata (Munroe, 1951)
  • Entephria polata eleutiata (Munroe, 1951)
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References
  1. Savela, Markku. "Entephria polata (Duponchel, 1831)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved May 7, 2019.


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