Habitat
- Forest clearings
- Gardens
- Glades
- Parks
- Sunny deciduous forests
- Waterlogged meadows
19-21 mm
Regional distr. - legend
- Local names
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Language Vernacular name 
ČeskyPíďalička hlaváčová 
DanskKystdværgmåler 
DeutschKräuter-Blütenspanner 
Eesti keelNiidu-pisivaksik 
EnglishShaded Pug 
FrançaisEupithécie des friches 
LietuviųŽvaigždūninis sprindytis 
MagyarBarnagyűrűs törpearaszoló 
NederlandsDwarsbanddwergspanner 
NorskKystdvergmåler 
PolskiGrotnik obrzeżek 
SlovenčinaKvetnatka hlaváčová 
SlovenščinaSvetlejši pediček 
SuomeksiNiittypikkumittari 
SvenskaÄngsmalmätare
- Primary hostplants
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Family Latin name Vernacular name Apiaceae Bupleurum Hare's-ear Apiaceae Heracleum Hogweed Apiaceae Pastinaca sativa Parsnip Apiaceae Pimpinella saxifraga Burnet Saxifrage Asteraceae Achillea millefolium Common Yarrow Asteraceae Artemisia campestris Field Wormwood Asteraceae Aster Aster Asteraceae Centaurea Knapweed Asteraceae Crepis Hawk's-beard Asteraceae Eupatorium Agrimony Asteraceae Senecio Ragwort Asteraceae Solidago Goldenrod Brassicaceae Descurainia sophia Flixweed Campanulaceae Campanula Bellflower Caryophyllaceae Dianthus carthusianorum Carthusian pink Dipsacaceae Knautia arvensis Field Scabious Ericaceae Calluna vulgaris Heather Ericaceae Erica tetralix Cross-leaved Heath Fabaceae Ononis spinosa Spiny Restharrow Gentianaceae Gentiana Gentian Hypericaceae Hypericum St. John's-wort Lamiaceae Origanum vulgare Wilder Majoran Orchidaceae Gymnadenia conopsea Fragrant orchid Orobanchaceae Melampyrum nemorosum Wood Cow-wheat Primulaceae Lysimachia vulgaris Garden Loosestrife Rubiaceae Galium Bedstraw Valerianaceae Valeriana Valerian
- Synonyms and other combinations
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Latin name Author Geometra subumbrata Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775 Eupithecia scabiosata Borkhausen, 1794
- Links
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Language Website Authors Butterflies and Moths of Northern Ireland Robert Thompson, Brian Nelson Lepidoptera and their ecology Wolfgang Wagner Lepiforum e. V. Moths and butterflies of Sweden Magnus Unger Northamptonshire Wildlife Plants parasites of Europe Willem N. Ellis Suffolk Moths Tony Prichard Svenska fjärilar Bert Gustafsson UK Moths Ian Kimber
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