Minoa murinata

Minoa murinata, the drab looper, is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Giovanni Antonio Scopoli in his 1763 Entomologia Carniolica. It can be found in southern and central Europe, Great Britain, Anatolia, the Caucasus and the mountains of central Asia and Mongolia.

Minoa murinata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Genus:	Minoa
Species:	M. murinata
Binomial name
Minoa murinata (Scopoli, 1763)[1][2]
Synonyms
Phalaena murinata Scopoli, 1763 Minoa cyparissaria Mann, 1854 Geometra euphorbiata Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775 Phalaena fuscata Hufnagel, 1767 Acidalia italicata Milliere, 1885 Minoa monochroaria Herrich-Schäffer, 1848 Phalaena sordiata Linnaeus, 1767 Phalaena unicolorata Hubner, 1787

The wingspan is 14–18 mm. The length of the forewings is 9–11 mm. The moths fly from June to August depending on the location.

The larvae feed on cypress spurge and wood spurge.

Subspecies

• Minoa murinata murinata (Europe, Russia, Asia Minor, Central Asia)
• Minoa murinata amylaria Prout, 1914 (Alps, Italy)
• Minoa murinata limburgia Lempke, 1969 (Netherlands)
• Minoa murinata lutea Schwingenschuss, 1954 (Russia)^[3]