Eupithecia satyrata

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Eupithecia satyrata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Tribe: Eupitheciini
Genus: Eupithecia
Species: E. satyrata
Binomial name
Eupithecia satyrata
(Hübner, 1813)[1]
Synonyms
  • Geometra satyrata Hubner, 1813
  • Eupithecia fagicolaria Robson & Gardner, 1886
  • Eupithecia satyraria Boisduval, 1840
  • Eupithecia dodata Taylor, 1906
  • Eupithecia divinula Cassino & Swett, 1924
  • Eupithecia fumata Taylor, 1910
  • Eupithecia mackieata Cassino & Swett, 1925
  • Eupithecia slocanata Taylor, 1908
  • Eupithecia terminata Taylor, 1908
  • Eupithecia concolor Dietze 1913
  • Eupithecia submelanochroa Vojnits, 1973

The Satyr Pug (Eupithecia satyrata) is a species of moth of the Geometridae family. It is found from Ireland, through northern and central Europe east to central Asia and North Africa. It is also present in North America.

Larva

The wingspan is 18–24 mm. Adults are on wing from March to September. There is one generation per year.

The larvae feed on the flowers of a wide range of plants, including Achillea, Scabiosa, Solidago, Senecio and Erica tetralix.

Subspecies

  • Eupithecia satyrata satyrata
  • Eupithecia satyrata callunaria Doubleday, 1850
  • Eupithecia satyrata curzoni Gregson, 1884
  • Eupithecia satyrata dodata Taylor, 1906
  • Eupithecia satyrata intimata Pearsall, 1908
  • Eupithecia satyrata juldusi Dietze, 1910
  • Eupithecia satyrata rivosulata Dietze, 1875 (Yakutia, Siberia)
  • Eupithecia satyrata subatrata Staudinger, 1871
  • Eupithecia satyrata zermattensis Wehrli, 1928

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