Eupithecia venosata

Eupithecia venosata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Geometridae
Genus:Eupithecia
Species: E. venosata
Binomial name
Eupithecia venosata
(Fabricius, 1787)[1]
Synonyms
  • Phalaena venosata Fabricius, 1787
  • Eupithecia comparanda Vojnits, 1981
  • Phalaena decussata Donovan, 1799
  • Phalaena insignata Hubner, 1789
  • Eupithecia grisea Dietze, 1913
  • Eupithecia nubilata Bohatsch, 1893
  • Eupithecia orcadensis Prout, 1901

Eupithecia venosata, the netted pug, is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found across the Palearctic ecozone from Portugal and Morocco in the west to the Baikal Lake in Siberia and Afghanistan and Pakistan in the east.[2]

The length of the fore-wings is 10–14 mm. The ground colour of the fore and hindwings is brown to creamy white The forewings are large and round. Several light, black-edged, lines and the partly black coloured veins form a characteristic lattice. The hindwings have a similar, but greatly weakened pattern. Very strongly resembles Eupithecia schiefereri and is indistinguishable from this clearly only by means of a genital examination.[3]

The moth flies from April to June depending on the location.

The larvae feed on Silene species, preferably Silene vulgaris, Silene dioica and Silene maritima.

Subspecies

  • Eupithecia venosata venosata
  • Eupithecia venosata fumosae Gregson, 1887
  • Eupithecia venosata hebridensis Curtis, 1944
  • Eupithecia venosata ochracae Gregson, 1886
  • Eupithecia venosata plumbea Huggins, 1962

References

  1. ↑ Taxapad
  2. ↑ Mironov, V.G. & Ratzel, U., 2012: Eupithecia Curtis, 1825 of Afghanistan (Geometridae: Larentiinae). Nota lepidopterologica 35 (2): 197–231. Full article: "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-08-11. Retrieved 2014-08-11. .
  3. ↑ Eupithecia venosata full description Watson, L., and Dallwitz, M.J. 2003 onwards. British insects: the genera of Lepidoptera-Geometridae. Version: 29th December 2011


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