Biology:Pasiphila debiliata

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Short description: Species of moth

Pasiphila debiliata
Pasiphila debiliata.jpg
Scientific classification edit
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 debiliata Hübner, [1817]
  • Eupithecia clerci Krulikovsky, 1891
  • Eupithecia nigropunctata Chant, 1833
  • Chlorochlystis suspiciosa Inoue, 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

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)". Taxapad. http://www.taxapad.com/local.php?taxonidLC=82843050. Retrieved 8 May 2013. 
  2. Victor M. Redondo; Javier Gaston; Ramon Gimeno (2009). Martin Corley. ed (in es). Geometridae Ibericae. Apollo Books. p. 224. ISBN 978-87-88757-81-1. https://books.google.com/books?id=Yae9CwAAQBAJ&pg=PA224&dq=Pasiphila+debiliata. 
  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.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q1375369 entry