Eupithecia silenicolata

Eupithecia silenicolata is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found from southern Europe (southern France, central Italy and the Balkan Peninsula) and Morocco to western Asia (Turkey, Russia and the Caucasus), Iran and Pakistan.^[2] In the north, the range extends to southern Switzerland, Austria and northern Italy.

Eupithecia silenicolata
Adult
Larva
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Genus:	Eupithecia
Species:	E. silenicolata
Binomial name
Eupithecia silenicolata Mabille, 1867[1]

The wingspan is about 22 mm.^[3] Adults are on wing from May to June and again from July to August in two generations per year.

The larvae feed on Silene species which are related to Silene nutans, especially Silene paradoxa. The species overwinters in the pupal stage.^[4]

Subspecies

• Eupithecia silenicolata silenicolata
• Eupithecia silenicolata perdistincta Wehrli, 1933 (Lebanon)
• Eupithecia silenicolata soultanabadi Brandt, 1941 (Iran)^[5]
• Eupithecia silenicolata zengoensis Fazekas, 1979