Geometridae : Larentiinae
Dwarf Pug
EUPITHECIA tantillaria Boisduval, 1840
Dwarf Pug
EUPITHECIA tantillaria Boisduval, 1840
Life Cycle Guide
Description
Wingspan: 16-19mm
Worldwide Distribution: Western Europe to Russia, and Mid Scandinavia to the Mediterranean
UK Distribution: Found throughout Great Britain,appearing in greater numbers where Pine plantations are established
UK Conservation Status -
Habitat: Conifer plantations : Gardens
Similar Species -
Larva: The 20mm final instar larva is coloured orange to ruddy brown and has feint lateral lines.The larva can feed on Larch from hatching. Larva-end June to August
Pupa: Pupates in the ground
Overwinters as: Pupa
Observations: The moth forewing is suffused greyish brown and the cross lines are heavily marked and very distinct in dark brown as is the black elongated discal spots which are very prominent.The terminal area is darker than the forewing in dark brown and the subterminal fascia is lighter.
The fringes are chequered dark brown and light brown.
The hindwing has well marked greyish brown cross lines with a small greyish black discal spot.
The moth is easily disturbed during the day and is also attracted to the light appearing at the moth trap,often in good numbers.
Worldwide Distribution: Western Europe to Russia, and Mid Scandinavia to the Mediterranean
UK Distribution: Found throughout Great Britain,appearing in greater numbers where Pine plantations are established
UK Conservation Status -
- Common = >300 10Km squares
- Least Concern
- Eupithecia tantillaria Boisduval, 1840
- [Phalaena] absinthiata Clerck, 1759
- Not Specified
Habitat: Conifer plantations : Gardens
Similar Species -
- Oak-tree Pug Eupithecia dodoneata Guenée,1857
Larva: The 20mm final instar larva is coloured orange to ruddy brown and has feint lateral lines.The larva can feed on Larch from hatching. Larva-end June to August
Pupa: Pupates in the ground
Overwinters as: Pupa
Observations: The moth forewing is suffused greyish brown and the cross lines are heavily marked and very distinct in dark brown as is the black elongated discal spots which are very prominent.The terminal area is darker than the forewing in dark brown and the subterminal fascia is lighter.
The fringes are chequered dark brown and light brown.
The hindwing has well marked greyish brown cross lines with a small greyish black discal spot.
The moth is easily disturbed during the day and is also attracted to the light appearing at the moth trap,often in good 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.
- Pinaceae - Pine Family
- Abies grandis - Grand Fir
- Chamaecyparis lawsoniana - Lawson Cypress
- Larix decidua - Larch
- Larix siberica - Siberian Larch
- Picea abies - Norway Spruce
- Picea sitchensis - Sitka Spruce
- Pseudosuga menziesii - Douglas Fir
- Thuja plicata - Western Red Cedar
- Tsuga heterophylla - Western Hemlock Spruce
- Salicaceae - Willow Family
- Salix caprea - Goat Willow
Larval Food Plants
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Taxonomy
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Subkingdom: Phylum: Subphylum: Class: Order: Superfamily: Family: Subfamily: Tribe: Genus: Accepted Species Name: Type Species - EUPITHECIA: Original Species Name: Genus Names: Literary Ref: Type Locality: Forms/Aberrations: Subspecies: |
Animalia
Eumetozoa Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Lepidoptera Geometroidea Geometridae Larentiinae Eupitheciini EUPITHECIA Curtis, 1825 Eupithecia tantillaria Boisduval, 1840 - [Phalaena] absinthiata Clerck, 1759 - EUPITHECIA tantillaria Boisduval, 1840 - = EUPITHECIA Curtis, 1825 = Tephroclystia Hübner 1825 - BOISDUVAL, JA (1840): Genera et index methodicus europaeorum lepidopterorum: I-VII, 1-238 : Title Page : p.210 - n.1709 - read footnote (2) - Not Specified - E. t. f.piceata Prout, 1915-markings finer E. t. f.pallida Lempke, 1951-markings extremely blurred out E. t. f.nigrescens Lempke, 1969-background grey-black,no brown tinge E. t. f.mediofasciata Lempke, 1969-median band darker E. t. f.approximata Lempke, 1969-median band thinner - E. t. tantillaria Boisduval, 1840 E. t. piceata Prout, 1915 |