Eupithecia pimpinellata

Eupithecia pimpinellata, the pimpinel pug, is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Jacob Hübner in 1813. It is known from most of Europe to Morocco (High Atlas), Siberia, Kyrgyzstan, Altai, Mongolia.

Eupithecia pimpinellata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Eupithecia
Species:
E. pimpinellata
Binomial name
Eupithecia pimpinellata
Synonyms
  • Geometra pimpinellata Hübner, 1813
  • Eupithecia altaicata Guenée, 1858
  • Eupithecia cinerascens Tengstrom, 1875
  • Eupithecia lantoscata Milliere, 1873
  • Eupithecia limbosignata Dietze, 1910
  • Eupithecia variata Schwingenschuss, 1936
  • Eupithecia elongata Dietze, 1913

The wingspan is 20–24 mm. Eupithecia pimpinellata has elongated wings. The forewing ground colour is ash-grey suffused rufous. The discal spot is large and elongated. Several crosslines, the median with a row of dark spots.

There is one generation per year with adults on wing from the end of June to August.

The larvae mainly feed on Pimpinella saxifraga and Pimpinella major, but also other Apiaceae species. They feed on the flowers and seeds of their host plant. Larvae can be found from July to October. It overwinters as a pupa.

Subspecies
  • Eupithecia pimpinellata pimpinellata
  • Eupithecia pimpinellata retheli Prout, 1938

References
  1. Eupithecia pimpinellata at Fauna Europaea
  2. Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Eupithecia pimpinellata (Hubner 1813)". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 25, 2016.


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