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Entephria punctipes

species of insect

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionFeb 6, 2026
Entity authorityQ1313332
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Entephria punctipes is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by John Curtis in 1835. It is found in the extreme north of the Palearctic and Nearctic realms.

The wingspan is 24–30 millimetres (0.94–1.18 in). Adults are on wing from June to July.

The larval food plants are unknown.

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This entry incorporates text from Entephria punctipes” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.