Pasiphila debiliata
| Pasiphila debiliata | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Tribe: | Eupitheciini |
| Genus: | Pasiphila |
| Species: | P. debiliata |
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| Pasiphila debiliata (Hübner, 1817)[1] | |
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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
- ↑ "Home of Ichneumonoidea". Taxapad. Dicky Sick Ki Yu. 1997–2012. Retrieved 2013.
- ↑ 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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