Slender pug

Eupithecia tenuiata- slender pug
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Geometridae
Genus:Eupithecia
Species: E. tenuiata
Binomial name
Eupithecia tenuiata
(Hübner, 1813)[1]
Synonyms
  • Geometra tenuiata Hubner, 1813
  • Eupithecia macellata Fischer von Röslerstamm, 1827

The slender pug (Eupithecia tenuiata) is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found throughout Europe and in the Caucasus, Georgia Asian Turkey and Armenia. in habitats favoured by its food plant.

This is one of the smallest of the Geometrids with a wingspan of only 14–16 mm. The forewing ground colour is light greyish-ochreous. There are numerous curved dark fuscous striae, the veins and costa are ochreous-brown. The edges of the biangulate median band form dark costal spots. The forewing has a dark ovoid discal mark. The forewings lack a tornal spot. The hindwings are whitish grey with dark striae and a small discal spot.[2]

The species flies at night in June and July and will come to light.

The larva feeds on the catkins of willow and the species overwinters as an egg.

References

  1. ↑ Taxapad
  2. ↑ Eupithecia tenuiata full description Watson, L., and Dallwitz, M.J. 2003 onwards. British insects: the genera of Lepidoptera-Geometridae. Version: 29th December 2011
  • Chinery, Michael Collins Guide to the Insects of Britain and Western Europe 1986 (Reprinted 1991)
  • Skinner, Bernard Colour Identification Guide to Moths of the British Isles 1984


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