{{Short description|Species of moth}} {{Italic title}} {{Speciesbox | name = | image = | image2 = | genus = Eupithecia | species = limbata | authority = Staudinger, 1879<ref>{{cite web |last=Yu |first=Dicky Sick Ki |url=http://www.taxapad.com/local.php?taxonidLC=82856735 |title=''Eupithecia limbata'' Staudinger 1879 |website=Home of Ichneumonoidea |publisher=Taxapad |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160325053818/http://www.taxapad.com/local.php?taxonidLC=82856735 |archive-date=March 25, 2016}}</ref> | synonyms = *''Eupithecia irritaria'' <small>Staudinger, 1892</small> *''Eupithecia kueppersi'' <small>Vojnits, 1973</small> *''Tephroclystia tomillata'' <small>Chretien, 1904</small> *''Eupithecia occidens'' <small>Wehrli, 1927</small> }}
'''''Eupithecia limbata''''' is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in Italy, France, Slovenia, North Macedonia, Greece and Bulgaria.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20151222141328/http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=444890 Fauna Europaea]</ref> It is also found in Iran.<ref>{{aut|Mironov, V. & U. Ratzel}}, 2012: New species of the genus ''Eupithecia'' Curtis (Lepidoptera, Geometridae, Larentii-nae) from Iran. ''Zootaxa'' '''3580''': 56-68. Abstract: [http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2012/f/z03580p068f.pdf]</ref>
The larvae feed on ''Eryngium amethystinum''.<ref>[http://www.lepiforum.de/cgi-bin/lepiwiki.pl?Eupithecia_limbata lepiforum.de]</ref>
==Subspecies== *''Eupithecia limbata limbata'' *''Eupithecia limbata tomillata'' <small>(Chretien, 1904)</small>
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Category:Moths described in 1879 limbata Category:Moths of Europe Category:Moths of Asia
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