grey pug

There are two subspecies:

• Eupithecia subfuscata subfuscata
• Eupithecia subfuscata ussuriensis Dietze 1910 (Russian Far East, Japan)

Image:Eupithecia subfuscata, Grey Pug, Bury Ditches, England, May 2014 (20921822658).jpg, England, May 2014]]

The forewings of this species are grey (occasionally with an ochreous tinge) marked with pale fascia and radial lines which give it a mottled appearance. There is a pale sub-marginal line and a small discal spot. The hindwings are much paler and plainer also with a small black discal spot.[http://delta-intkey.com/britin/pug/www/subfusca.htm Eupithecia subfuscata full description] Watson, L., and Dallwitz, M.J. 2003 onwards. British insects: the genera of Lepidoptera-Geometridae. Version: 29 December 2011 Melanism is quite common in this species. The wingspan is 17–21 mm. See also Prout Prout, L. B. (1912–16). Geometridae. In A. Seitz (ed.) The Macrolepidoptera of the World. The Palaearctic Geometridae, 4. 479 pp. Alfred Kernen, Stuttgart.[https://archive.org/details/macrolepidoptera1216seit pdf] {{PD-notice}}Vladimir Mironov: The Geometrid Moths of the World. In: Axel Hausmann (Hrsg.): The Geometrid Moths of Europe. 1. Auflage. Volume 4: Larentiinae II. Perizomini and Eupitheciini. Apollo Books, Stenstrup 2003, {{ISBN|87-88757-40-4}} Riley, A.M. and Prior, G. British and Irish Pug Moths A Guide to their Identification and Biology Apollo Books {{ISBN|978-0-946589-51-7}}

Wikisource:The Moths of the British Isles Second Series/Chapter 9#230

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Final instar larvae are smooth and elongated. They are grey-green or red-brown coloured and show a grey-green to dark olive-green diamond-like pattern on the back. The side edges are whitish.The pupa is yellow-brown with greenish wing sheaths. At the cremaster there are six hook bristles, the middle pair of which is more powerfully formed.

Image:Eupithecia subfuscata, Grey Pug, Trawscoed, North Wales, May 2016 - Flickr - janetgraham84.jpg

• Eupithecia virgaureata
• Eupithecia lariciata

A safe determination is usually only possible by means of a genital morphological examination.

The adults fly in May and June with a second brood sometimes emerging in August. The species flies at night and is attracted to light.

The species overwinters as a pupa.

The larva feeds on the leaves and flowers of a wide range of plants.{{cn|date=August 2020}}

• Abies – fir
• Achillea
• Aegopodium – ground-elder
• Alnus – alder
• Angelica
• Artemisia
• Betula – birch
• Centaurea
• Cirsium – creeping thistle
• Comptonia – sweetfern
• Epilobium – willowherb
• Filipendula – meadowsweet
• Galium – bedstraw
• Hypericum – St John's wort
• Larix – larch
• Lysimachia – yellow loosestrife
• Malus – apple
• Ononis – restharrow
• Picea – black spruce
• Populus – poplar
• Rubus – raspberry
• Salix – willow
• Scabiosa
• Solidago – goldenrod
• Tanacetum – tansy
• Urtica – nettle
• Valeriana – valerian

{{Reflist}}

• Chinery, Michael Collins Guide to the Insects of Britain and Western Europe 1986 (Reprinted 1991)
• Skinner, Bernard Colour Identification Guide to Moths of the British Isles 1984

• [https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/eupithecia-subfuscata/ Grey pug at UKMoths]
• [http://www.lepiforum.de/lepiwiki.pl?Eupithecia_Subfuscata Lepiforum e.V.]

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Category:Eupithecia

Category:Moths described in 1809

Category:Moths of Asia

Category:Moths of Europe

Category:Moths of North America

Category:Taxa named by Adrian Hardy Haworth