Pasiphila debiliata

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]

Pasiphila debiliata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
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

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.

Adults are on wing from June to July.

The larvae feed on Vaccinium myrtillus.

References
  1. Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Pasiphila debiliata (Hubner 1817)". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on 25 March 2016. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
  2. Victor M. Redondo; Javier Gaston; Ramon Gimeno (2009). Martin Corley; Peder Skou (eds.). Geometridae Ibericae (in Spanish). Apollo Books. p. 224. ISBN 978-87-88757-81-1.
  3. 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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