Red-spotted delicate

Epicyme rubropunctaria · Order: Lepidoptera · Family: Geometridae

Damages trees, gardens or crops. Its larvae feed on garden plants, so it can be a garden pest.

Source: Wikipedia

Red-spotted delicate
Photo: Donald Hobern, CC BY

The adult moth has a wingspan of about 25 mm. The caterpillars eat plants in the Haloragis, Gaultheria and Geranium genera.

Source: Wikipedia

Size

Wingspan is roughly 25 mm.

Source: Wikipedia

What it eats

Larvae feed on Haloragis, Gaultheria and Geranium species.

Source: Wikipedia

More photos

Red-spotted delicate photo 3
Photo: Donald Hobern, CC BY
Red-spotted delicate photo 4
Photo: Peter Crowcroft, CC BY

Questions people ask

What plants do the larvae eat?

They feed on plants in the Haloragis, Gaultheria and Geranium genera.

Source: Wikipedia

Same family (Geometridae)

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Sources

  • Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epicyme

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Text written 2026-10-23 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-22.

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