Eupithecia pygmaeata

Eupithecia pygmaeata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Genus:	Eupithecia
Species:	E. pygmaeata
Binomial name
Eupithecia pygmaeata (Hübner, 1799)[1][2]
Synonyms
Geometra pygmaeata Hubner, 1799 Eupithecia palustraria Doubleday, 1850 Eupithecia obumbrata Taylor, 1906 Eupithecia fortunata Pearsall, 1909 Eupithecia pygmaearia Boisduval, 1840 Eupithecia sidemii Vojnits, 1973

Eupithecia pygmaeata, the marsh pug, 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. The ground colour of the forewings is dark brown. The forewings have a small white dot at the inner angle and two dark spots at the costal edge.They are pointed not rounded. The hindwings are similar in colour and have a pale dot at the tornal margin.

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)

References

1. Eupithecia pygmaeata at Fauna Europaea
2. Taxapad

External links

• Eupithecia pygmaeata op Lepidoptera of Belgium
• UKmoths
• mothphotographersgroup