Eupithecia pygmaeata

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Eupithecia pygmaeata
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Eupithecia
Species:
E. pygmaeata
Binomial name
Eupithecia pygmaeata
(Hübner, 1799) [1] [2]
Synonyms
  • Geometra pygmaeataHubner, 1799
  • Eupithecia palustrariaDoubleday, 1850
  • Eupithecia obumbrataTaylor, 1906
  • Eupithecia fortunataPearsall, 1909
  • Eupithecia pygmaeariaBoisduval, 1840
  • Eupithecia sidemiiVojnits, 1973

Eupithecia pygmaeata, the marsh pug, is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is known from most of Europe, western and southern Siberia, the Russian Far East, northern Mongolia and North America (from Alaska to Newfoundland and Labrador and Quebec, south to Colorado).The species primarily colonizes floodplain and disused forests, bogs, river banks and marshy meadows. E. pygmaeata reaches up to 1800 meters in South Tyrol.

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The wingspan is 14–18 mm. The ground colour of the forewings is dark smoky brown. Newly emerged moths have a coppery sheen. It is generally very weakly marked. The forewings have a small white dot at the inner angle and two dark spots at the costal edge. They are pointed not rounded. The hindwings are similar in colour and have a pale dot at the tornal margin. ab. pseudozibellinata Dietze is more copiously sprinkled with light scales. [3]

2,2a larvae after final moult 2b enlarged detail of segments Buckler W The larvae of the British butterflies and moths PlateCXXXI.jpg
2,2a larvae after final moult 2b enlarged detail of segments

The caterpillars are greenish or light brown and show dark brown dorsal and lateral lines as well as loose short hair. The dorsal line is sometimes extended onto the segments. The pupa is brownish, the wing sheaths often shimmer slightly greenish. The cremaster is equipped with a total of eight hook bristles, the middle pair of which is more powerfully formed.

There are two generations per year with adults on wing from mid April to August.

The larvae feed on Cerastium and Stellaria species. Larvae can be found from June to September. It overwinters as a pupa.

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References

  1. ↑ Eupithecia pygmaeata at Fauna Europaea
  2. ↑ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Eupithecia pygmaeata (Hubner 1799)". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 25, 2016.
  3. ↑ Prout, L. B. (1912–16). Geometridae. In A. Seitz (ed.) The Macrolepidoptera of the World. The Palaearctic Geometridae, 4. 479 pp. Alfred Kernen, Stuttgart.PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .


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