Eupithecia breviculata is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in the Mediterranean region, Switzerland, Hungary, the Near East and North Africa.Fauna Europaea It is also found in Iran, 2012: New species of the genus Eupithecia Curtis (Lepidoptera, Geometridae, Larentiinae) from Iran. Zootaxa 3580: 56-68. Abstract: and Turkmenistan.Larentiinae (Geometridae) collection of Siberian Zoological Museum
The wingspan is 15–20 mm. Adults are on wing from April to June and again from July to August in two generations per year.
The larvae feed on the flowers of Peucedanum and Pimpinella species. The species overwinters in the pupal stage.
Subspecies Eupithecia breviculata breviculata Eupithecia breviculata georgica Vojnits, 1977
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