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Colostygia turbata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Tribe:	Cidariini
Genus:	Colostygia
Species:	C. turbata
Binomial name
	Colostygia turbata; (Hübner, 1799)
Synonyms
	Geometra turbata Hübner, 1813; Cidaria fuscolimbata Tengstrom, 1875; Larentia pyrenaearia Oberthur, 1882;

Colostygia turbata is a moth of the Geometridae family. It is found from the mountains of Europe to the Altai, as well as the Kamchatka Peninsula and Canada.

The wingspan is 24–27 mm. Adults are in wing from June to July.

The larva feed on Galium palustre. Larvae can be found from June to July. It overwinters in the larval stage.

Subspecies

Colostygia turbata turbata (Alps, south-eastern Europe)
Colostygia turbata fuscolimbata Tengstrom, 1875 (northern Europe)
Colostygia turbata pyrenaearia Oberthur, 1882 (Pyrenees)
Colostygia turbata altaicata (Djakonov, 1926) (Altai, Sayan Mountains, Buryatia, Kamchatka)
Colostygia turbata circumvallaria (Taylor, 1906) (Canada)

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 ==External links==
+*[http://www.lepidoptera.eu/show.php?ID=695 European Butterflies and Moths]
 *[http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=369951 Fauna Europaea]
+*[http://www.lepiforum.de/lepiwiki.pl?Colostygia_Turbata Lepiforum.de]
-*[http://www.entomology.ualberta.ca/searching_species_details.php?b=Lepidoptera&c=7&s=4793 Species info]
-*[http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=07215 mothphotographersgroup]
+*[http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=07215 Moth Photographers Group]
 [[Category:Cidariini]]