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Geometridae : Larentiinae

Sloe Pug

PASIPHILA chloerata (Mabille, 1870)
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Kind permission - © Tim Norriss
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Description
Wingspan: 17-19mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - excluding ( Azores,Balearic Is.,Canary Is,Channel Is.,Corsica,Crete,Cyprus,Greece,Ireland,Madeira, Malta, Portugal,S Russia,Sardinia,Sicily & Spain) - Caucasus : Georgia : Armenia : Urals : S.Kasakhstan : W.Siberia : S.Siberia : Amur : Primorye : Korea : Japan
UK Distribution: Common from Isle of Wight northwards to Yorkshire and Cumbria and south west to east Devon and Glamorgan
UK Conservation Status -
  • Common = > 300 10km squares
European Conservation Status -
  • Least Concern
Original Species Name -
  • Eupithecia chloerata (Mabille, 1870)
Type Species - Pasiphila
  • Eupithecia bilineolata Walker, 1862
Type Locality -
  • France - near Paris
Flight Period: Early May - late July
Habitat: Established hedges : Thorn scrub : Woodland edges
Similar Species -
  • Green Pug - Pasiphila rectangulata - (Linnaeus, 1758)
Larva: The 12mm final instar larva is dullish white with reddish-purple dorsal line prominent on thorax and first abdominal segments. Late March - April.
Pupa: Pupates among plant litter on the ground
Overwinters as: Ova
Observations: The faint green colour of this moth when fresh is similar to some forms of Green Pug, but soon fades to a brownish grey forewing colour.One diagnostic feature of the Sloe Pug is the very striking salmon pink belt near the base  of the abdomen, in fresh specimens,which fades to pinkish brown and is blackish on the Green Pug abdomen.
The white postmedian line is less wavy in the costal half and wavy towards to dorsum. In the Green Pug the costal half of the postmedain line is way and edged on the basal side in black.The discal spot is elongated and is sometimes connected to the costa with a thin black line.
The moth is occasionally found at the light trap otherwise it is seldom seen.
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Larentiinae
Eupitheciini
PASIPHILA Warren 1895
Pasiphila chloerata (Mabille, 1870)
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Eupithecia bilineolata Walker, 1862
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EUPITHECIA chloerata (Mabille, 1870)
= Rhinoprora chloerata Mabille, 1870
= Eupithecia consueta Butler, 1879
= Eupithecia horticolaria Fuchs, 1892
= hadenata Fuchs, 1900
= chlorata
= cloerata
= chloreata
= Chloroclystis chloerata
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Petites nouvelles entomologiques ent 1 (24) : Title Page : p.96 by Mabille
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France - near Paris
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P.c.f.hadenata Fuchs, 1900 - wing background can be more sombre
P.c.f.nigrofasciata Dietze, 1913 - median area darkened