Eupithecia pygmaeata
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| Eupithecia pygmaeata | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Eupithecia |
| Species: | E. pygmaeata |
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| Eupithecia pygmaeata (Hübner, 1799)[1][2] | |
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The Marsh Pug (Eupithecia pygmaeata) is a moth of the Geometridae family. It is known from most of Europe, western and southern Siberia, the Russian Far East, northern Mongolia and North America (from Alaska to Newfoundland and Labrador and Quebec, south to Colorado).
The wingspan is 14–18 mm. There are two generations per year with adults on wing from mid April to August.
The larvae feed on Cerastium and Stellaria species. Larvae can be found from June to September. It overwinters as a pupa.
Subspecies
- Eupithecia pygmaeata pygmaeata
- Eupithecia pygmaeata obumbrata Taylor, 1906 (British Columbia)
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