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Costaconvexa polygrammata, the many-lined moth, is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Moritz Balthasar Borkhausen in 1794. It is found from Europe to North Africa.

Many-lined moth
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Genus:	Costaconvexa
Species:	C. polygrammata
Binomial name
Costaconvexa polygrammata (Borkhausen, 1794)
Synonyms
Phalaena polygrammata Borkhausen, 1794

The wingspan is about 26 mm. There are three generations per year with adults on wing from the end of March to April, in June and July and in August and September.

The larvae feed on Galium species, primarily G. saxatile. Larvae can be found from April to October. It overwinters as a pupa.

External links

• Media related to Costaconvexa polygrammata at Wikimedia Commons
• Many-lined moth at UKMoths
• Fauna Europaea
• Lepidoptera of Belgium
• Lepiforum e.V.

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