Habitat
- Limestone background
- Quarries
- Rocky ravines
- Warm scrub on sunny slopes
38-54 mm
Regional distr. - legend
- Local names
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Language Vernacular name 
ČeskyŠerokřídlec jitrocelový 
DeutschAschgrauer Steinspanner DeutschGroßer Steinspanner 
EnglishShaded Annulet 
FrançaisGnophos ténébreuse FrançaisGnophos ténébreux FrançaisPhalène de la Viorne 
MagyarNagy sziklaaraszoló 
NederlandsGrote bruine spanner 
PolskiPomrok szadziak 
SlovenčinaŠedivka skorocelová
- Primary hostplants
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Family Latin name Vernacular name Adoxaceae Viburnum lantana Wayfaring Tree Amaranthaceae Chenopodiastrum hybridum Asteraceae Hieracium Hawkweed Cistaceae Helianthemum nummularium Common Rockrose Cornaceae Cornus sanguinea Common Dogwood Fabaceae Coronilla coronata Fabaceae Genista Greenweed Fabaceae Hippocrepis comosa Horseshoe Vetch Fabaceae Vicia cracca Tufted Vetch Lamiaceae Origanum Marjoram Lamiaceae Stachys recta Yellow Woundwort Lamiaceae Teucrium montanum Lamiaceae Thymus serpyllum Wild Thyme Oleaceae Ligustrum vulgare Wild Privet Plantaginaceae Plantago Plantain Polygonaceae Oxyria digyna Mountain sorrel Polygonaceae Polygonum Knotweed Polygonaceae Rumex Sorrel Ranunculaceae Clematis vitalba Traveller's-joy Rosaceae Cotoneaster integerrimus Common Cotoneaster Rosaceae Crataegus Hawthorn Rosaceae Fragaria Strawberry Rosaceae Potentilla grandiflora Rosaceae Prunus spinosa Blackthorn Rosaceae Sanguisorba minor Salad Burnet
- Synonyms and other combinations
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Latin name Author Geometra furvata Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775 Gnophos denticulata de Villers, 1789 Gnophos meridionalis Wehrli, 1924
- Subspecies
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Species Author Gnophos (G.) furvata cinerascens (Turati, 1919) Gnophos (G.) furvata furvata (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
- Links
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Language Website Authors Lepiforum e. V. Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa Paolo Mazzei Plants parasites of Europe Willem N. Ellis
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