whitish line down each side. Biology Eupithecia icterata is usually a single-brooded species (univoltine species. It flies at night from June to September, is attracted to artificial light sources and occasionally it suckles on some flowers, for example on Eupatorium species. The caterpillars live in September and October. They usually feed on the leaves and flowers of yarrow and has also been recorded on Artemisia (Artemisia absinthium, Artemisia vulgaris, Artemisia campestris), Achillea ptarmica and tansy. The species overwinters as a pupa in a thin spin on the ground. Bibliography This article has been expanded using, inter alia, material based on a translation of an article from German Wikipedia, by the same name. Antonova E.M. & L.V. Bolshakov - Geometrid Moths (Lepidoptera) of Tula Region. in Actias 2 (1-2): 13-32. 1995 Chinery, Michael Collins Guide to the Insects of Britain and Western Europe 1986 (Reprinted 1991) de Villers, C. (1789): Caroli Linnaei entomologia, faunae suecicae descriptionibus aucta; DD. Scopoli, Geoffroy, de Geer, Fabricii, Schrank, &c. speciebus vel in Systemate non enumeratis, vel nuperrime detectis, vel speciebus Galliae Australis locupleta, generum specierumque rariorum iconibus ornata. Tomus secundus. iii-xvi + 1-656 + 6 pl. Paris (Piestre et Delamilliere). Kostjuk, I.Yu in Efetov, K.A. & Yu.I.Budashkin - Geometridae. In: Baboshki Krima - The Lepidoptera of Crimea. in Simferopol, 111 pp.: 86-92. 1990 Mironov, V. - The Geometrid Moths of Europe, vol. 4 (Larentiinae: Perizomini & Eupitheciini). in Apollo Books, Stenstrup, 464 pp. & 16 color pls. 2003 Mironov, V. - The Geometrid Moths of Europe, vol. 4 (Larentiinae: Perizomini & Eupitheciini). in Apollo Books, Stenstrup, 464 pp. & 16 color pls. 2003 References Eupithecia Moths described in 1789 Moths of Europe Moths of Asia Moths of Africa Taxa named by Charles Joseph Devillers