Eupithecia trisignaria

Eupithecia trisignaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Genus:	Eupithecia
Species:	E. trisignaria
Binomial name
	Eupithecia trisignaria; Herrich-Schäffer, 1848

Eupithecia trisignaria, the triple-spotted pug, is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found from across the Palearctic realm from Europe to Siberia.

The wingspan is about 20 mm. The ground colour of the forewings is fuscous (brownish-grey, tawny). The darker striae (crosslines) are indistinct and obtusely angulated. The edges of a vague geniculate median band are marked faintly darker, especially as two dark costal spots which form the corners of an equilateral triangle with the discal spot. The forewing fringes are chequered to not chequered. The hindwings are fuscous with only very faint striae and fasciae; even less conspicuously patterned than the forewings but with a clear dark fuscous, shortly linear discal mark.^[3]^[4] The larva is green with pale lateral stripes and two darker green dorsal stripes.

Larva Newborough Forest, North Wales, Sept 2016

There is one generation per year with adults on wing from June to August.

The larvae feed on various Apiaceae species, including Angelica and Heracleum species. Larvae can be found from August to October. It overwinters as a pupa.

References[]

^ Eupithecia trisignaria at Fauna Europaea
^ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Eupithecia trisignaria Herrich-Schaffer 1848". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on 24 March 2016.
^ Eupithecia trisignaria full description Watson, L., and Dallwitz, M.J. 2003 onwards. British insects: the genera of Lepidoptera-Geometridae. Version: 29 December 2011
^ Prout, L. B. (1912–16). Geometridae. In A. Seitz (ed.) The Macrolepidoptera of the World. The Palaearctic Geometridae, 4. 479 pp. Alfred Kernen, Stuttgart.pdf This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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[1] Eupithecia trisignaria at Fauna Europaea

[2] Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Eupithecia trisignaria Herrich-Schaffer 1848". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on 24 March 2016.

[3] Eupithecia trisignaria full description Watson, L., and Dallwitz, M.J. 2003 onwards. British insects: the genera of Lepidoptera-Geometridae. Version: 29 December 2011

[4] Prout, L. B. (1912–16). Geometridae. In A. Seitz (ed.) The Macrolepidoptera of the World. The Palaearctic Geometridae, 4. 479 pp. Alfred Kernen, Stuttgart.pdf This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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