Dyscia simplicaria Rebel, 1939
![Dyscia simplicaria: Female (e.l. rearing, Cyprus, NE Paphos, 600m, larva in late February 2017) [S]](bilder1/geometridae/simplicaria_im2017.jpg "Dyscia simplicaria: Female (e.l. rearing, Cyprus, NE Paphos, 600m, larva in late February 2017) [S]")
![Dyscia simplicaria: Female (e.l. rearing, Cyprus, NE Paphos, 600m, larva in late February 2017) [S]](bilder1/geometridae/simplicaria_2im2017.jpg "Dyscia simplicaria: Female (e.l. rearing, Cyprus, NE Paphos, 600m, larva in late February 2017) [S]")
![Dyscia simplicaria: Female (e.l. rearing, Cyprus, NE Paphos, 600m, larva in late February 2017) [S]](bilder1/geometridae/simplicaria_3im2017.jpg "Dyscia simplicaria: Female (e.l. rearing, Cyprus, NE Paphos, 600m, larva in late February 2017) [S]")
![Dyscia simplicaria: Female (e.l. rearing, Cyprus, NE Paphos, 600m, larva in late February 2017) [S]](bilder1/geometridae/simplicaria_4im2017.jpg "Dyscia simplicaria: Female (e.l. rearing, Cyprus, NE Paphos, 600m, larva in late February 2017) [S]")
![Dyscia simplicaria: Female (e.l. rearing, Cyprus, NE Paphos, 600m, larva in late February 2017) [S]](bilder1/geometridae/simplicaria_5im2017.jpg "Dyscia simplicaria: Female (e.l. rearing, Cyprus, NE Paphos, 600m, larva in late February 2017) [S]")
![Dyscia simplicaria: Larva (Cyprus, NE Paphos, 600m, late February 2017) [M]](bilder1/geometridae/simplicaria_rpe2017.jpg "Dyscia simplicaria: Larva (Cyprus, NE Paphos, 600m, late February 2017) [M]")
![Dyscia simplicaria: Half-grown larva (Cyprus, Paphos, April 2017) [M]](bilder1/geometridae/simplicaria_2rpe2017.jpg "Dyscia simplicaria: Half-grown larva (Cyprus, Paphos, April 2017) [M]")
![Dyscia simplicaria: Larva (Cyprus, NE Paphos, 600m, late February 2017) [M]](bilder1/geometridae/simplicaria_3rpe2017.jpg "Dyscia simplicaria: Larva (Cyprus, NE Paphos, 600m, late February 2017) [M]")
![Dyscia simplicaria: Larva (Cyprus, NE Paphos, 600m, late February 2017) [M]](bilder1/geometridae/simplicaria_4rpe2017.jpg "Dyscia simplicaria: Larva (Cyprus, NE Paphos, 600m, late February 2017) [M]")
![Dyscia simplicaria: Larva (Cyprus, NE Paphos, 600m, late February 2017) [M]](bilder1/geometridae/simplicaria_5rpe2017.jpg "Dyscia simplicaria: Larva (Cyprus, NE Paphos, 600m, late February 2017) [M]")
![Dyscia simplicaria: Larva (Cyprus, NE Paphos, 600m, late February 2017) [M]](bilder1/geometridae/simplicaria_6rpe2017.jpg "Dyscia simplicaria: Larva (Cyprus, NE Paphos, 600m, late February 2017) [M]")
![Dyscia simplicaria: Larva (Cyprus, NE Paphos, 600m, late February 2017) [M]](bilder1/geometridae/simplicaria_7rpe2017.jpg "Dyscia simplicaria: Larva (Cyprus, NE Paphos, 600m, late February 2017) [M]")
![Dyscia simplicaria: Larva (Cyprus, NE Paphos, 600m, late February 2017) [M]](bilder1/geometridae/simplicaria_8rpe2017.jpg "Dyscia simplicaria: Larva (Cyprus, NE Paphos, 600m, late February 2017) [M]")
![Dyscia simplicaria: Pupa (e.l. rearing, Cyprus, NE Paphos, 600m, larva in late February 2017) [S]](bilder1/geometridae/simplicaria_ppe2017.jpg "Dyscia simplicaria: Pupa (e.l. rearing, Cyprus, NE Paphos, 600m, larva in late February 2017) [S]")
![Dyscia simplicaria: Larval habitat (Cyprus, NE Paphos, 600m, late February 2017) [N]](bilder1/geometridae/simplicaria_h2017.jpg "Dyscia simplicaria: Larval habitat (Cyprus, NE Paphos, 600m, late February 2017) [N]")
Host plants:
The larvae are polyphagous in the herb-layer.
Habitat:
Dyscia simplicaria inhabits open or semi-open, extensively managed landscapes, most often with stones, rocks or open soil.
Life cycle:
The moths occur especially in spring (February to April) and again in autumn (October, November). Between these periods a relative drought-induced break is probable. The larva hibernates (rep. develops over winter). I recorded it already mature above Paphos (600m) in late February 2017.
Remarks:
Dyscia simplicaria is endemic to Cyprus.
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