Eupithecia tantillaria

Eupithecia tantillaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Eupithecia
Species: E. tantillaria
Binomial name
Eupithecia tantillaria
Boisduval, 1840[1]
Synonyms
  • Eupithecia calabrica Dietze, 1910
  • Eupithecia laricis Speyer, 1873

The Dwarf Pug (Eupithecia tantillaria) is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species can be found in the Palearctic ecozone.

Distribution

The distribution ranges from Western Europe and the British Isles East to the Ukraine, Georgia, Russia, Russian Far East and the Altai Mountains. In Fennoscandia it reaches Lapland, it is still lacking on Iceland. The southern range includes Italy, the Balkans, Turkey, Asia minor and the Caucasus.It is lacking, however, in the South and in the Centre of Spain, in Portugal and the Mediterranean islands.In the Alps it rises up to the tree line.

Description

The wingspan is 16–19 mm. The ground colour of the forewings is light grey. There is a distinct, usually stretched discal spot and dark grey to brownish wavy crosslines, which continue on the rear wings.There are darker patches along the costal edge of the forewing, a paler white sub-marginal line and a chequered wing fringe. The hindwings are pale white with brown crosslines and a small black discal spot. Both fore and hindwings are narrow. Darkened specimens with less distinctive pattern occur. [2]

The moths flies from April to July depending on the location.

The caterpillars feed on Norway Spruce and also other Pinophyta species, such as Fir, European Larch and Juniperus communis.

Subspecies

References

  1. ↑ Taxapad
  2. ↑ Eupithecia tantillaria 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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