Eupithecia venosata
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Eupithecia |
| Species: | E. venosata |
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| Eupithecia venosata (Fabricius, 1787)[1] | |
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Eupithecia venosata, the netted pug, is a moth of the Geometridae family. It is found across the Palearctic ecozone 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 ground colour of the fore and hindwings is brown to creamy white The forewings are large and round. Several light, black-edged, lines and the partly black coloured veins form a characteristic lattice.The hindwings have a similar, but greatly weakened pattern. Very strongly resembles Eupithecia schiefereri and is indistinguishable from this clearly only by means of a genital examination. [3]
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
- ↑ Taxapad
- ↑ Mironov, V.G. & Ratzel, U., 2012: Eupithecia Curtis, 1825 of Afghanistan (Geometridae: Larentiinae). Nota lepidopterologica 35 (2): 197-231. Full article: .
- ↑ Eupithecia venosata full description Watson, L., and Dallwitz, M.J. 2003 onwards. British insects: the genera of Lepidoptera-Geometridae. Version: 29th December 2011
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