Anticollix sparsata
Anticollix sparsata | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Geometridae |
Genus: | Anticollix |
Species: | A. sparsata |
Binomial name | |
Anticollix sparsata (Treitschke, 1828) | |
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The Dentated Pug (Anticollix sparsata) is a moth of the Geometridae family. It is found from Europe to Japan.
The wingspan is 20–26 mm. The ground color of the forewings is light brown. The hindwing has a conspicuous toothed border. Adults are on wing from May to September in two generations.
The larvae feed on the flowers and leaves of Lysimachia vulgaris.