| Bordered Pug | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Eupithecia |
| Species: | E. succenturiata |
| Binomial name | |
| Eupithecia succenturiata Linnaeus, 1758 |
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The Bordered Pug (Eupithecia succenturiata) is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found across the Palearctic region and the Near East.
Typically this moth has whitish forewings with broad dark grey margins but it is very variable and can be nearly all white or nearly all grey. Nevertheless, this is an easily recognisable species, mainly due to the combination of colours and its large size relative to most other pugs (wingspan 21–24 mm). The species flies at night from early June to late August and is attracted to light.
The larva is reddish brown with black markings and usually feeds on the foliage of mugwort, although it has also been recorded feeding on Angelica, bilberry, tansy and yarrow. The species overwinters as a pupa.
There are two recognised subspecies:
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