Pasiphila debiliata

Pasiphila debiliata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Tribe: Eupitheciini
Genus: Pasiphila
Species: P. debiliata
Binomial name
Pasiphila debiliata
(Hübner, 1817)[1]
Synonyms
  • Geometra debiliata Hübner, [1817]
  • Eupithecia clerci Krulikovsky, 1891
  • Eupithecia nigropunctata Chant, 1833
  • Chlorochlystis suspiciosa Inoue, 1982

Pasiphila debiliata, the bilberry pug, is a species of moth of the Geometridae family. It is found from Europe, east to southern Siberia, the Amur region and Japan.

The wingspan is 17–19 mm. The ground colour is a very delicate, evanescent pale green, the crosslines are much weak, strongest on the veins. — ab. nigropunctata Chant, has only the principal lines,these being marked as strong vein-dots. — grisescens Dietze is silvery grey without a tinge of green.[2] Discal spot present.

Adults are on wing from June to July.

The larvae feed on Vaccinium myrtillus.

References

  1. "Home of Ichneumonoidea". Taxapad. Dicky Sick Ki Yu. 1997–2012. Retrieved 2013.
  2. Prout , L.B. 1912–16. Geometridae. In A. Seitz (ed.) The Macrolepidoptera of the World. The Palaearctic Geometridae, 4. 479 pp. Alfred Kernen, Stuttgart.
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