Grammodes stolida

Grammodes stolida
Grammodes stolida
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Grammodes
Species: G. stolida
Binomial name
Grammodes stolida
(Fabricius, 1775)
Synonyms
  • Prodotis stolida
  • Noctua stolida
  • Noctua cingularis
  • Euclidia stupida
  • Grammodes curvilinea
  • Grammodes attenuata
  • Grammodes incompleta
  • Grammodes odontota Turner, 1925

The Geometrician (Grammodes stolida) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in Africa, southern Europe, most of Asia and Australia. It migrates to Central and Northern Europe as far north as England, Denmark and Finland.

There are multiple generations per year. Adults are on wing from February to October.

The larvae feed on Paliurus, Rubus, Tribulus, Coriaria and Quercus species.

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