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Eupithecia phoeniceata (Cypress Pug)

Synonyms: Eupithecia albescens; Eupithecia mnemosynata; Eupithecia multistrigata (heterotypic); Larentia phoeniceata (homotypic); Tephroclystia phoeniceata

Wikipedia Abstract

Eupithecia phoeniceata, the cypress pug, is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species can be found in Europe. The wingspan is 18–22 mm.The ground colour of the forewings is grey or pale greyish-ochreous conspicuously patterned with a characteristic oblique pale median fascia. There are blackish-marked veins near the termen. Forewings with a small dark discal. The forewings are distinctly elongate. The hindwings have variable markings but usually resemble the forewings.The thorax is grey, with an anterior black collar. The moths flies from August to September depending on the location.
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Protected Areas

Prey / Diet

Chamaecyparis lawsoniana (Lawson Cypress)[1]
Cupressus macrocarpa (Monterey Cypress)[2]
Juniperus phoenicea (Phoenician Juniper)[1]

Prey / Diet Overlap

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
2HOSTS - 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