Cloaked pug

Eupithecia abietaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Geometridae
Genus:Eupithecia
Species: E. abietaria
Binomial name
Eupithecia abietaria
(Goeze, 1781)[1]
Synonyms
  • Phalaena abietaria Goeze, 1781
  • Acidalia bilunulata Zetterstedt, 1840
  • Eupithecia bilunulata
  • Phalaena pini Retzius, 1781
  • Eupithecia pini
  • Phalaena strobilata Borkhausen, 1794
  • Geometra togata Hubner, 1817

The cloaked pug (Eupithecia abietaria) is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species can be found in Europe, east to Siberia.

The wingspan is 21–23 mm. The moths flies from June to July depending on the location.

The larvae feed on Picea abies, Picea sitchensis and Abies procera.

Subspecies

There are two recognized subspecies:

  • Eupithecia abietaria abietaria
  • Eupithecia abietaria debrunneata

References

  1. ↑ Taxapad


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