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Eupithecia mutata (cloaked pug)

Wikipedia Abstract

Eupithecia mutata, the spruce cone looper or cloaked pug, is a moth in the Geometridae family. It is found in the northern Atlantic and New England states in North America. In Canada, the range extends from Nova Scotia to northern Ontario. The wingspan is 17–22 mm. The larvae feed on seeds within the cones of spruce species.
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Infraspecies

Eupithecia mutata columbrata
Eupithecia mutata mutata

Prey / Diet

Abies arctica (Canadian spruce)[1]
Abies balsamea (Canadian fir)[1]
Picea pungens (Colorado spruce)[1]
Picea sitchensis (Sitka spruce)[1]

External References

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0