Thera cupressata
| Cypress carpet | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Thera |
| Species: | T. cupressata |
| Binomial name | |
| Thera cupressata (Geyer, 1831) | |
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Thera cupressata, the cypress carpet, is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in southern and western Europe, including Great Britain, Germany, France, Switzerland, Italy, Slovenia, Croatia, Greece and Spain.[1]
The wingspan is 28–32 mm. Adults are on wing from May to June and again from August to September in two generations per year.[2]
The larvae feed on Cupressus macrocarpa and Cupressocyparis leylandii.
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