Isturgia disputaria
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Maltese bloom | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Geometridae |
Genus: | Isturgia |
Species: | I. disputaria
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Binomial name | |
Isturgia disputaria (Guenée, [1858])
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Isturgia disputaria, the Maltese bloom, is a moth of the family Geometridae. It was described by Achille Guenée in 1858. It is found on the Canary Islands and Malta[1] and in the Afrotropical realm, Asian Turkey, the Caucasus, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Lebanon, Syria, Israel, Jordan, Egypt, the Arabian Peninsula, Iran and Iraq.[2]
The wingspan is 21–29 mm. Adults have been recorded on wing from April to May.
The larvae feed on Acacia species, including Acacia nilotica.
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