Geometridae : Larentiinae
Sloe Pug
PASIPHILA chloerata (Mabille, 1870)
Sloe Pug
PASIPHILA chloerata (Mabille, 1870)
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Life Cycle Guide
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 -
Habitat: Established hedges : Thorn scrub : Woodland edges
Similar Species -
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.
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
- Least Concern
- Eupithecia chloerata (Mabille, 1870)
- Eupithecia bilineolata Walker, 1862
- France - near Paris
Habitat: Established hedges : Thorn scrub : Woodland edges
Similar Species -
- Green Pug - Pasiphila rectangulata - (Linnaeus, 1758)
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.
Photo Gallery
Larvae
Pupa
Larval Food Plants Worldwide
Note - Plants hyperlinked in red below take the visitor to the relevant plant page on"Plants for a Future" website where further information like photos,physical characteristics,habitats,edible uses,medicinal uses,cultivation,propagation,range,height etc. are clearly listed.
Plant Families - in bold red below takes the visitor to the relevant "Lepi-plants" page where other butterflies & moths using the plants below are listed.
Plant Families - in bold red below takes the visitor to the relevant "Lepi-plants" page where other butterflies & moths using the plants below are listed.
- Rosaceae - Rose Family
- Prunus padus - Bird Cherry - Hackberry
- Prunus spinosa - Blackthorn - Sloe (Britain)
- Prunus virginiana - Chokecherry, Western chokecherry, Black chokecherry
Larval Food Plants
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Taxonomy
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Animalia
Eumetozoa Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Lepidoptera Geometroidea Geometridae Larentiinae Eupitheciini PASIPHILA Warren 1895 Pasiphila chloerata (Mabille, 1870) - Eupithecia bilineolata Walker, 1862 - EUPITHECIA chloerata (Mabille, 1870) = Rhinoprora chloerata Mabille, 1870 = Eupithecia consueta Butler, 1879 = Eupithecia horticolaria Fuchs, 1892 = hadenata Fuchs, 1900 = chlorata = cloerata = chloreata = Chloroclystis chloerata - Petites nouvelles entomologiques ent 1 (24) : Title Page : p.96 by Mabille - France - near Paris - P.c.f.hadenata Fuchs, 1900 - wing background can be more sombre P.c.f.nigrofasciata Dietze, 1913 - median area darkened |