Geometridae : Larentiinae
Cloaked Pug
EUPITHECIA abietaria (Goeze,1781)
Cloaked Pug
EUPITHECIA abietaria (Goeze,1781)
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Life Cycle Guide
Description
Wingspan: 15 - 25m
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - less (Channel Isles,Portugal,S Russia, Spain & Mediterranean Islands ) eastwards to Japan and Kamchatka
UK Distribution: Resident and suspected immigrant : recent evidence of breeding in Northamptonshire,Warwickshire,mid Wales,Co Durham,Northumberland,Inverness-shire and Co Down in Northern Ireland.Thin scattering of records elsewhere in England,Wales and Scotland.
UK Conservation Status -
Habitat: Conifer Forest : Plantations : Parks : Woodland edges
Similar Species -
Pupa: Pupates in a flimsy cocoon among plant litter
Overwinters as: Pupa
Observations: This moth is one of the largest of the Pugs, although variable in size,and very distinctive.
It has a broad forewing with clearly defined cross lines and two very large discal spots.The antemedian and postmedian cross lines are edged with black and finish at the costa as black patches and the subterminal line is white and dentate with grey shading on the anterior side.Cross lines continue on the hindwing. The terminal line is a series of black dashes.Grey shading across the wings and abdomen also occur in the basal area.
The moth is attracted to light in small numbers.
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - less (Channel Isles,Portugal,S Russia, Spain & Mediterranean Islands ) eastwards to Japan and Kamchatka
UK Distribution: Resident and suspected immigrant : recent evidence of breeding in Northamptonshire,Warwickshire,mid Wales,Co Durham,Northumberland,Inverness-shire and Co Down in Northern Ireland.Thin scattering of records elsewhere in England,Wales and Scotland.
UK Conservation Status -
- Local(alien-foodplant)
- Least Concern
- Phalaena abietaria (Goeze,1781)
- Phalaena absinthiata Clerck, 1759
- Not Specified
Habitat: Conifer Forest : Plantations : Parks : Woodland edges
Similar Species -
- None
Pupa: Pupates in a flimsy cocoon among plant litter
Overwinters as: Pupa
Observations: This moth is one of the largest of the Pugs, although variable in size,and very distinctive.
It has a broad forewing with clearly defined cross lines and two very large discal spots.The antemedian and postmedian cross lines are edged with black and finish at the costa as black patches and the subterminal line is white and dentate with grey shading on the anterior side.Cross lines continue on the hindwing. The terminal line is a series of black dashes.Grey shading across the wings and abdomen also occur in the basal area.
The moth is attracted to light in small numbers.
Photo Gallery
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.
- Pinaceae - Pine Family
- Abies alba - Silver Fir
- Abies concolor - Colorado Fir, White fir
- Abies procera - Noble Fir
- Picea abies - Norway Spruce
- Picea glauca - White Spruce
- Picea sitchensis - Sitka Spruce
- Pinus cembra - Swiss Stone Pine
- Pinus mugo - Dwarf Mountain Pine
- Pinus sylvestris - Scot's Pine
- Pseudosuga menziesii - Douglas Fir
Larval Food Plants
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Taxonomy
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Kingdom:
Subkingdom: Phylum: Subphylum: Class: Order: Superfamily: Family: Subfamily: Tribe: Genus: Accepted Species Name: Type Species - EUPITHECIA: Original Species Name: Species Names: Literary Ref: Type Locality: |
Animalia
Eumetozoa Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Lepidoptera Geometroidea Geometridae Larentiinae Eupitheciini EUPITHECIA Curtis, 1825 Eupithecia abietaria (Goeze,1781) - Phalaena absinthiata Clerck, 1759 - PHALAENA abietaria (Goeze,1781) = Phalaena pini (Retzius, 1783) = Acidalia bilunulata (Zetterstedt, 1839) = Geometra togata Hübner 1817 = Phalaena strobilata Borkhausen 1794 - Entomologische Beyträge zu des Ritter Linné zwölften Ausgabe des Natursystems Ent. Beyträge 3 (3) : Title Page : p.439 - n.401 - Not Specified |