Eupithecia undata

Eupithecia undata is a moth in the family Geometridae first described by Christian Friedrich Freyer in 1840. The North American Moth Photographers Group lists it as a synonym of Eupithecia lafontaineata. It is found in the Pyrenees, Alps, the Massif Central, the Tatra mountains, on the Balkan Peninsula and in Romania.^[3] It is also found in North America, where it has been recorded from Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, Colorado, Nevada and Oregon.^[4]

Eupithecia undata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Genus:	Eupithecia
Species:	E. undata
Binomial name
Eupithecia undata (Freyer, 1840)[1][2]
Synonyms
Eupithecia scriptaria Herrich-Schäffer, 1847

The wingspan is 17–18 mm.^[5] Adults have been recorded on wing from mid-May to July in Europe.

The larvae feed on Silene and Minuartia species and Gypsophila repens. Larvae can be found from the end of June to mid-August. The species overwinters in the pupal stage.^[6]

Subspecies

• Eupithecia undata undata
• Eupithecia undata abruzzensis Dietze, 1913