Pasiphila debiliata

Pasiphila debiliata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Tribe: Eupitheciini
Genus: Pasiphila
Species: P. debiliata
Binomial name
Pasiphila debiliata
(Hübner, 1817)[1]
Synonyms
  • Geometra debiliata Hübner, [1817]
  • Eupithecia clerci Krulikovsky, 1891
  • Eupithecia nigropunctata Chant, 1833
  • Chlorochlystis suspiciosa Inoue, 1982

Pasiphila debiliata, the bilberry pug, is a species of moth of the Geometridae family. It is found from Europe, east to southern Siberia, the Amur region and Japan.

The wingspan is 17–19 mm. 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.[2] Discal spot present.

Adults are on wing from June to July.

The larvae feed on Vaccinium myrtillus.

References

  1. ↑ "Home of Ichneumonoidea". Taxapad. Dicky Sick Ki Yu. 1997–2012. Retrieved 2013. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  2. ↑ Prout , L.B. 1912–16. Geometridae. In A. Seitz (ed.) The Macrolepidoptera of the World. The Palaearctic Geometridae, 4. 479 pp. Alfred Kernen, Stuttgart.
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