Pasiphila debiliata | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Geometridae |
Genus: | Pasiphila |
Species: | P. debiliata
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Binomial name | |
Pasiphila debiliata | |
Synonyms | |
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Pasiphila debiliata, the bilberry pug, is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found from Europe, east to southern Siberia, the Amur region and Japan. [2]
The wingspan is 17–19 millimetres (0.67–0.75 in). The ground colour is a very delicate, evanescent pale green, the crosslines are much weak, strongest on the veins. — ab. nigropunctata Chant, has only the principal lines, these being marked as strong vein-dots. — grisescens Dietze is silvery grey without a tinge of green. [3] Discal spot present.
The larva is light green with scattered, fine, pale bristles.
Adults are on wing from June to July.
The larvae feed on Vaccinium myrtillus.
Pasiphila debiliata | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Geometridae |
Genus: | Pasiphila |
Species: | P. debiliata
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Binomial name | |
Pasiphila debiliata | |
Synonyms | |
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Pasiphila debiliata, the bilberry pug, is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found from Europe, east to southern Siberia, the Amur region and Japan. [2]
The wingspan is 17–19 millimetres (0.67–0.75 in). The ground colour is a very delicate, evanescent pale green, the crosslines are much weak, strongest on the veins. — ab. nigropunctata Chant, has only the principal lines, these being marked as strong vein-dots. — grisescens Dietze is silvery grey without a tinge of green. [3] Discal spot present.
The larva is light green with scattered, fine, pale bristles.
Adults are on wing from June to July.
The larvae feed on Vaccinium myrtillus.