Eupithecia innotata

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Eupithecia innotata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Eupithecia
Species:
E. innotata
Binomial name
Eupithecia innotata
(Hufnagel, 1767) [1]
Synonyms
  • Phalaena innotataHufnagel, 1767
  • Eupithecia alexandrianaVardikjan, 1972
  • Phalaena innotataThunberg, 1788
  • Eupithecia sergianaVardikjan, 1972
  • Eupithecia suspectataDietze, 1871
  • Larentia tamarisciataFreyer, 1836
  • Eupithecia uliataStaudinger, 1897
  • Eupithecia ulicadaDietze, 1910
  • Eupithecia innotata f. grisescensPetersen, 1909
  • Eupithecia petersenariaWnukowsky, 1929

Eupithecia innotata, the angle-barred pug, is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Johann Siegfried Hufnagel in 1767. [1] It ranges from Spain in the west to western Siberia and Central Asia in the east. [2]

There are three forms found in the British Isles:

The forewings are generally dark brown or grey with few distinguishing marks apart from a small white tornal spot which may not be present on the frequent melanic forms. They are crossed by darker oblique lines, which are angled on the front margin; the submarginal line is white and irregular, especially at each end.The wingspan is 18–24 mm. [3] [4] [5]


Two broods are produced each year with the adults flying in May and June and again in August. Moths of the spring brood are usually darker in colour than the later specimens.

Figs 8,8a,8b,8c Eupithecia innotata f. fraxinata larvae after final moult Buckler W The larvae of the British butterflies and moths PlateCXXXII.jpg
Figs 8,8a,8b,8c Eupithecia innotata f. fraxinata larvae after final moult

The larva is bright yellow-brown with brown and greenish markings, most strikingly a variety of large, brown-green spots along the back. It has numerous, small white warts all over the body.

The caterpillars of the three races have different food plants:

The species overwinters as a pupa.

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References

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  3. Vladimir Mironov: The Geometrid Moths of the World. In: Axel Hausmann (Hrsg.): The Geometrid Moths of Europe. 1. Auflage. Volume 4: Larentiinae II. Perizomini and Eupitheciini. Apollo Books, Stenstrup 2003, ISBN   87-88757-40-4
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