Lythria cruentaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Genus:	Lythria
Species:	L. cruentaria
Binomial name
Lythria cruentaria (Hufnagel, 1767)
Synonyms
Lythria rotaria

Lythria cruentaria is amoth of the familyGeometridae. The species can be found inEurope.

The length of the forewings is 9–13 mm. The moths fly in two or three generations from the end of April to the end of September.^[1].

The caterpillars feed onsorrel andsheep's sorrel.

1. ^The flight season refers to theBelgium andthe Netherlands. This may vary in other parts of the range.

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