Eulithis populata (Northern Spinach)

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Eulithis populata (Northern Spinach)

Northern Spinach (Eulithis populata)
Originator: Alf Tore Mjøs

Systematics :

Kingdom: Animals (Animalia)
Phylum: Articulate animals (Arthropoda)
Class: Insects (Insecta)
Order: Moths and butterflies (Lepidoptera)
Group: Macro-moths ("Macro-heterocera")
Family: Geometrid moths (Geometridae)
Subfamily: Larentiinae
Genus: Eulithis
Species: Northern Spinach (Eulithis populata)

Norwegian name: Blåbærmåler

Host plants: Populus (Aspen and Poplar), Populus tremula (Aspen), Salix (Willows, Sallows and Osiers), Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry), Vaccinium uliginosum (Bog Bilberry)

Confusion species: The Chevron (Eulithis testata)

Norwegian Red List 2010: Least Concern more info