Eupithecia venosata

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Eupithecia venosata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Eupithecia
Species: E. venosata
Binomial name
Eupithecia venosata
(Fabricius, 1787)[1]
Synonyms
  • Phalaena venosata Fabricius, 1787
  • Eupithecia comparanda Vojnits, 1981
  • Phalaena decussata Donovan, 1799
  • Phalaena insignata Hubner, 1789
  • Eupithecia grisea Dietze, 1913
  • Eupithecia nubilata Bohatsch, 1893
  • Eupithecia orcadensis Prout, 1901

The Netted Pug (Eupithecia venosata) is a moth of the Geometridae family. It is found from Portugal and Morocco in the west to the Baikal Lake in Siberia and Afghanistan and Pakistan in the east.[2]

The length of the fore-wings is 10–14 mm. The moth flies from April to June depending on the location.

The larvae feed on Silene species, preferably Silene vulgaris, Silene dioica and Silene maritima.

Subspecies

  • Eupithecia venosata venosata
  • Eupithecia venosata fumosae Gregson, 1887
  • Eupithecia venosata hebridensis Curtis, 1944
  • Eupithecia venosata ochracae Gregson, 1886
  • Eupithecia venosata plumbea Huggins, 1962

References

  1. ↑ Taxapad
  2. ↑ Mironov, V.G. & Ratzel, U., 2012: Eupithecia Curtis, 1825 of Afghanistan (Geometridae: Larentiinae). Nota lepidopterologica 35 (2): 197-231. Full article: .
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