Biology:Eupithecia expallidata
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Short description: Species of moth
Eupithecia expallidata | |
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Bleached Pug, Trawscoed, North Wales | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Geometridae |
Genus: | Eupithecia |
Species: | E. expallidata
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Binomial name | |
Eupithecia expallidata Doubleday, 1856[1]
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Eupithecia expallidata, the bleached pug, is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in North-West and Central Russia , South-East Scandinavia to the North Mediterranean and West Europe including the British Isles.[2][3]
The wingspan is 20–24 mm.[4] The forewings are broad and rounded. The ground colour is pale light brown. There are two black costal stains and a large black discal stain. A fine broken black line runs around the outer margin of the forewing. The hindwings are similar and have a small discal spot. See also Prout [5]
The larva is matt greenish clearly and variously patterned.
The moth flies in July and August.
The larvae feed on goldenrod (Solidago virgaurea).[4][6]
Similar species
- Eupithecia absinthiata
References
- ↑ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Eupithecia expallidata Doubleday 1856". Taxapad. http://www.taxapad.com/local.php?taxonidLC=82853725.
- ↑ Markku Savela. "Eupithecia expallidata". funet.fi. http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/geometroidea/geometridae/larentiinae/eupithecia/index.html#expallidata. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
- ↑ Mike Wall. "Bleached Pug (Eupithecia expallidata)". Hants Moths. http://www.hantsmoths.org.uk/species/1833.php. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Ian Kimber. "Bleached Pug Eupithecia expallidata". UKMoths. https://ukmoths.org.uk/show.php?id=1301. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
- ↑ Prout, L. B. (1912–16). Geometridae. In A. Seitz (ed.) The Macrolepidoptera of the World. The Palaearctic Geometridae, 4. 479 pp. Alfred Kernen, Stuttgart.[1] This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ↑ Wikisource:The Moths of the British Isles Second Series/Chapter 9#230
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