Idaea contiguaria (Hübner, 1799)

King, Gareth Edward & González-Estébanez, Félix Javier, 2015, Geometrid larvae of the Alpi Marittime Natural Park (district of Valdieri, Cuneo, Italy), with descriptions of the larvae of two Gnophini Pierce, 1914 (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Geometridae), Zoosystema 37 (4), pp. 621-631 : 623-624

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5252/z2015n4a8
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scientific name	Idaea contiguaria (Hübner, 1799)
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Idaea contiguaria (Hübner, 1799) View in CoL

Geometra contiguaria Hübner, 1799 : pl. 20, fig. 105.

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Larva (L5) 27.V.2011; Sant’Anna di Valdieri; (larva pupated 3.VI.2011, pupa formed 6.VI.2011, ♂ emerged 16.VI.2011; slide code 3740 GEK leg. et det., deposited MNCN) found on the soil underneath Silene sp. ( Caryophyllaceae ), which in turn was growing in-between Rumex conglomeratus ( King & Viejo Montesinos 2012) .

NOTES ON FOOD- PLANT. — Our data are insufficient to establish a food-plant association with Silene since the single larva taken was simply found underneath this plant.

OTHER OBSERVATIONS. — Previously recorded in PNAM ( Baldizzone et al. 2005; King & Viejo Montesinos 2012). It should be stated that Idaea larvae are notoriously difficult to collect in the wild ( Covell 1983).