Pasiphila debiliata

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Pasiphila debiliata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Pasiphila
Species:
P. debiliata
Binomial name
Pasiphila debiliata
(Hübner, 1817) [1]
Synonyms
  • Geometra debiliataHübner, [1817]
  • Eupithecia clerciKrulikovsky, 1891
  • Eupithecia nigropunctataChant, 1833
  • Chlorochlystis suspiciosaInoue, 1982

Pasiphila debiliata, the bilberry pug, is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found from Europe, east to southern Siberia, the Amur region and Japan. [2]

The wingspan is 17–19 millimetres (0.67–0.75 in). The ground colour is a very delicate, evanescent pale green, the crosslines are much weak, strongest on the veins. — ab. nigropunctata Chant, has only the principal lines, these being marked as strong vein-dots. — grisescens Dietze is silvery grey without a tinge of green. [3] Discal spot present.

larva 70.145 BF1861 Bilberry Pug, Pasiphila debiliata, larva (8978739515).jpg
larva

The larva is light green with scattered, fine, pale bristles.

Adults are on wing from June to July.

The larvae feed on Vaccinium myrtillus .

References

  1. ↑ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Pasiphila debiliata (Hubner 1817)". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on 25 March 2016. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
  2. ↑ Victor M. Redondo; Javier Gaston; Ramon Gimeno (2009). Martin Corley; Peder Skou (eds.). Geometridae Ibericae (in Spanish). Apollo Books. p. 224. ISBN   978-87-88757-81-1.
  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.


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