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Pasiphila debiliata

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Pasiphila debiliata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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

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]

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.

larva

The larva is light green with scattered, fine, pale bristles.

Adults are on wing from June to July.

The larvae feed on Vaccinium myrtillus.

References

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  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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