Eupithecia venosata

Eupithecia venosata, the netted pug, is a moth of the family Geometridae. It was first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1787. It is found across the Palearctic realm from Portugal and Morocco in the west to the Lake Baikal in Siberia and Afghanistan and Pakistan in the east.[2]

Eupithecia venosata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Eupithecia
Species:
E. venosata
Binomial name
Eupithecia venosata
(Fabricius, 1787)[1]
Synonyms
  • Phalaena venosata Fabricius, 1787
  • Eupithecia comparanda Vojnits, 1981
  • Phalaena decussata Donovan, 1799
  • Phalaena insignata Hubner, 1789
  • Eupithecia grisea Dietze, 1913
  • Eupithecia nubilata Bohatsch, 1893
  • Eupithecia orcadensis Prout, 1901

The length of the forewings is 10–14 mm. The ground colour of the forewings and hindwings is brown to creamy white The forewings are large and round. Several light, black-edged, lines and the partly black coloured veins form a characteristic lattice. The hindwings have a similar, but greatly weakened pattern. Very strongly resembles Eupithecia schiefereri and is distinguishable from this clearly only by means of a genital examination.[3]

The moth flies from April to June depending on the location.

The larvae feed on Silene species, preferably Silene vulgaris, Silene dioica and Silene maritima.

Subspecies
  • Eupithecia venosata venosata
  • Eupithecia venosata fumosae Gregson, 1887
  • Eupithecia venosata hebridensis Curtis, 1944
  • Eupithecia venosata ochracae Gregson, 1886
  • Eupithecia venosata plumbea Huggins, 1962

References
  1. Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Eupithecia venosata (Fabricius 1787)". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on 24 March 2016.
  2. Mironov, V. G. & Ratzel, U. (2012). "Eupithecia Curtis, 1825 of Afghanistan (Geometridae: Larentiinae)". Nota lepidopterologica. 35 (2): 197–231. Archived from the original 11 August 2014.
  3. Watson, L. & Dallwitz, M. J. (2003 onwards). "Eupithecia venosata (Fabricius)". Insects of Britain and Ireland: The Pug Moths (Lepidoptera-Geometridae). Retrieved 3 May 2019.


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