Eupithecia pygmaeata

Eupithecia pygmaeata, the marsh pug, is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is known from most of Europe, western and southern Siberia, the Russian Far East, northern Mongolia and North America (from Alaska to Newfoundland and Labrador and Quebec, south to Colorado).

Eupithecia pygmaeata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Eupithecia
Species:
E. pygmaeata
Binomial name
Eupithecia pygmaeata
Synonyms
  • Geometra pygmaeata Hubner, 1799
  • Eupithecia palustraria Doubleday, 1850
  • Eupithecia obumbrata Taylor, 1906
  • Eupithecia fortunata Pearsall, 1909
  • Eupithecia pygmaearia Boisduval, 1840
  • Eupithecia sidemii Vojnits, 1973

The wingspan is 14–18 mm. The ground colour of the forewings is dark brown. The forewings have a small white dot at the inner angle and two dark spots at the costal edge. They are pointed not rounded. The hindwings are similar in colour and have a pale dot at the tornal margin.

There are two generations per year with adults on wing from mid April to August.

The larvae feed on Cerastium and Stellaria species. Larvae can be found from June to September. It overwinters as a pupa.

Subspecies
  • Eupithecia pygmaeata pygmaeata
  • Eupithecia pygmaeata obumbrata Taylor, 1906 (British Columbia)

References
  1. Eupithecia pygmaeata at Fauna Europaea
  2. Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Eupithecia pygmaeata (Hubner 1799)". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 25, 2016.


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